The EU, sanctions and regional leadership

Sanctions have become the “go to” mechanism for addressing foreign and security challenges in international arena. The European Union’s willingness to impose autonomous (or unilateral) restrictive measures on third countries, particular Russia, has come fore at a time when uptake of new sanctions through United Nations (UN) framework stalled. This trend appears reflect growing ability forge consensus among EU's Member States use its economic power support policy goals. article considers extent which EU succeeded forging leadership role itself non-EU states. It examines alignment or adoption by non-Member with regimes finds that demonstrable claim regional, if not yet global, leadership.