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TitleGreen pastures for all : Europe’s role in an unequal world  
AuthorB. Hettne
Year2008
JournalThe Broker
Series number8
Pages16-18
ISSN1874-2033
OrganisationThe Broker
SubjectDevelopment Cooperation General
Keywordsdevelopment policy, economic development, conflict prevention, international cooperation
AbstractThe EU wants to boost its influence in the area of international development, but in the late 1990s, the development bureaucracy in Brussels was the target of heavy criticism. The different branches of European foreign policy devoted more time to infighting than to finding solutions to the new challenges in the world. Europe’s experience with regional integration and its generous financial investments in development have not yet translated into political capital in the development policy arena. A new opportunity presents itself with the economic rise of China and India. The power of the US, a long-time sole superpower, is declining and a multi-polar power constellation is emerging. Strategies for peaceful power shifts are needed. In this new context, it is even more important to build a Europe that builds bridges between the rising and the (relatively) declining powers in the world.  
LanguageEnglish
CategoryPolicy
Document typeArticle
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