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Heterogeneity of the European Union’s Strategic Partners: Can They Still be Compatible?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2019

Pablo Podadera Rivera  and
Anna Garashchuk
Pablo Podadera Rivera
Affiliation:
University of Málaga, Spain, Department of Applied Economics (Economic Policy and Political Economy), Campus de El Ejido, 6, 29071Málaga, Spain. Email: ppodadera@uma.es
Anna Garashchuk
Affiliation:
University of Málaga, Spain, PhD Program in Economics and Business, Campus de El Ejido, 6, 29071Málaga, Spain. Email: anutka735@gmail.com
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Abstract

This article paper aims to investigate the EU’s strategic partners using both theoretical and empirical analysis. Applying the technique of cluster analysis has allowed us, first, to demonstrate that not all of the EU’s ‘special ten’ are strategically sound for the EU; second, to investigate which regional organizations represent the best interest of the EU from a strategic standpoint; third, to find out the true potential of the EU’s strategic partners; and, finally, to prove empirically that the EU’s strategic partners are so heterogeneous as to represent a collective response to multilateralism and that a bilateral approach should be applied instead, taking into consideration the specific character of every strategic partner.

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European Review , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , pp. 202 - 224
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© Academia Europaea 2019

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