| ID | 147916 |
| Title Proper | Post-brexit global strategy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Menotti, Roberto ; Dassù, Marta |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The interview with Nathalie Tocci starts out with the Brexit issue. Here, we fundamentally agree with the argument that it would have been pointless to postpone publication of the Global Strategy. Timing may indeed be particularly relevant to PR exercises and media campaigns, but we expect much more from this particular document than just sending a set of well packaged messages to the public. The Global Strategy – even more than its 2003 predecessor – ought to become the pillar for consensus-building among the member states on a vast array of interconnected risk assessments, tasks and policies. As such, the document is a starting point and a platform for developing more detailed and sectoral policy documents. It is obvious that the Brexit vote (which, we should recall, does not constitute the UK’s instant exit from the Union) cast a new light on the whole edifice of the EU’s foreign and security policy; yet, the rationale for a comprehensive analysis of the EU’s options is clearly there, just as it was before 23 June. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 51, No.3; Sep 2016: p.15-16 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 51 No 3 |
| Key Words | Global strategy ; TTIP ; Post-Brexit ; EUGS |