EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership

This contribution aims at advancing existing research about the role that the Transatlantic Partnership may play within the specific field of human rights and democracy promotion in the current changing global order. It examines recent changes to the foreign policies of the European Union and the U...

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Main Author: Beatriz Pérez de las Heras
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Language:English
Published: European Institute of Romania 2015-06-01
Series:Romanian Journal of European Affairs
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Online Access:https://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/articole/RJEA_2015_vol15_no2_art5.pdf
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description This contribution aims at advancing existing research about the role that the Transatlantic Partnership may play within the specific field of human rights and democracy promotion in the current changing global order. It examines recent changes to the foreign policies of the European Union and the United States on this area and assesses the impact of these changes on the transatlantic partnership over the last five years. The paper argues that these modifications entail a greater convergence between the policies of the two regions, though some ideological divergences, lack of coordination and differences in implementation are still observable. However, the increasing mutual realignment could foster a truly transatlantic partnership in the field if both partners attain to define a joint strategy and establish common institutions to ensure permanent dialogue and policy coherence. At the same time, this enhanced co-operation could enable them to remain the principal supporters of human rights and democracy in the current multi-polar order.
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spelling doaj-art-9ea0d647bc37416fbdbc07fc1f1810422025-08-20T02:23:57ZengEuropean Institute of RomaniaRomanian Journal of European Affairs1582-82711841-42732015-06-011528096EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic PartnershipBeatriz Pérez de las Heras0Professor of European Law and Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration at the University of Deusto (UD) (Bilbao, Spain)This contribution aims at advancing existing research about the role that the Transatlantic Partnership may play within the specific field of human rights and democracy promotion in the current changing global order. It examines recent changes to the foreign policies of the European Union and the United States on this area and assesses the impact of these changes on the transatlantic partnership over the last five years. The paper argues that these modifications entail a greater convergence between the policies of the two regions, though some ideological divergences, lack of coordination and differences in implementation are still observable. However, the increasing mutual realignment could foster a truly transatlantic partnership in the field if both partners attain to define a joint strategy and establish common institutions to ensure permanent dialogue and policy coherence. At the same time, this enhanced co-operation could enable them to remain the principal supporters of human rights and democracy in the current multi-polar order.https://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/articole/RJEA_2015_vol15_no2_art5.pdfhuman rightsdemocracy promotionpolitical conditionalitytransatlantic co-operationmulti-polar world
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EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership
Romanian Journal of European Affairs
human rights
democracy promotion
political conditionality
transatlantic co-operation
multi-polar world
title EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership
title_full EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership
title_fullStr EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership
title_full_unstemmed EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership
title_short EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership
title_sort eu and us external policies on human rights and democracy promotion assessing political conditionality in transatlantic partnership
topic human rights
democracy promotion
political conditionality
transatlantic co-operation
multi-polar world
url https://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/articole/RJEA_2015_vol15_no2_art5.pdf
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