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Teaching and Research ›› 2021, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (10): 65-75.

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Strategic Sovereignty of the EU: Multidimensional Connotations and International Implications

  

  1. 1. Center for European Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;
    2. School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  • Online:2021-10-16 Published:2021-10-09

欧盟战略主权的多维内涵及其国际含义

  

  1. 中国人民大学国际关系学院
  • 作者简介:房乐宪,中国人民大学欧洲问题研究中心教授;殷佳章,中国人民大学国际关系学院博士生(北京 100872)。
  • 基金资助:
    本文系教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地重大项目“多重危机背景下欧盟的全球战略及其对大国外交的含义”(项目号:20JJDGJW001)的前期研究成果。

Abstract: Strategic sovereignty signifies the ability to rely on one's own resources in key strategic areas and to cooperate with partners whenever needed in the era of geopolitical competition. It aims at recalibrating the EU's role in a geopolitical world in order to strengthen its capacity to safeguard and act in line with its interests and values. This notion is put forward in the contexts of intensified competition among external great powers, the prominence of geopolitical competition, multiple crises inside the EU, and setbacks in the European integration process. It involves the following five crucial areas: security sovereignty, economic sovereignty, health sovereignty, digital sovereignty, and climate sovereignty. This notion implies that the EU is laying more emphasis on a geopolitical perspective when examining and tackling its foreign relations, and that it has recognized its asymmetric dependence and vulnerabilities and is making strategic readjustments. The multidimensional elements of strategic sovereignty are being gradually integrated into the construction of a sovereign Europe. The resultant impact deserves serious attention.

Key words: strategic sovereignty, sovereign Europe, geopolitical competition, EU's strategic transformation

摘要: 战略主权是指在地缘政治竞争背景下在关键战略领域依靠自身资源并在必要时与伙伴合作的能力。其目的在于重新界定欧盟在地缘政治竞争中的国际地位,增强其维护和践行自身价值观的能力。此概念是在欧盟面临外部大国竞争加剧、地缘政治竞争凸显,内部多重危机爆发、一体化进程受挫的背景下提出的,涉及安全主权、经济主权、健康主权、数字主权及气候主权五个核心领域。战略主权概念的提出意味着欧盟更重视以地缘政治视角审视并处理自身对外关系,也意味着欧盟意识到自身存在的非对称性依赖与脆弱性,并进行相应战略调整,逐渐将战略主权的多维要素纳入主权欧洲的建设进程中,其后续影响值得关注。

关键词: 战略主权, 主权欧洲, 地缘政治竞争, 欧盟战略转型