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• W3123566145 abstract "Abstract: How can small states contribute to the overall normative power of the European Union (EU)? In this article we assess how much Slovenia, a small EU Member State with limited financial and human resources, contributes to this normative power. We do this by analysing its foreign policy, which consists of three main guiding principles: internationalism, the desire to solve all outstanding issues with its neighbour Croatia, and an attempt to present itself as a bridge between the EU and the Western Balkans. We discover that, while these principles exist on paper, they are often not consistently carried out in practice, which is a symptom of the still-ongoing reorientation of the country's foreign policy, after successfully joining the EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2004. Slovenian decision makers all too often remain reactive, and prefer to support the initiatives of others. When the country does act on its own initiative, its actions can be seen as too individualistic and uncoordinated, both within its own borders, and with its EU partners, as was the case when Slovenia launched the socalled Brdo Process, aimed at promoting cooperation between countries of former Yugoslavia. The conduct of Slovenian foreign policy is, all too often left, to the initiative and ingenuity of individuals, and such an uncoordinated approach hinders Slovenian efforts to become a normative power and to increase its influence in the Western Balkans. Finally, we argue that Slovenia's Presidency of the EU Council in 2008 was a unique opportunity to contribute to the EU's normative power. Slovenia managed to accomplish this only in part; despite the fact that the Presidency was an organisational success, most of its goals was too broadly defined and lacked ambition. Keywords: Slovenia, normative power, small state, Presidency, foreign policy, Western Balkans, Croatia, Hungary Introduction Slovenia joined the EU and NATO on 1 May 2004. It had thus accomplished its two primary foreign policy goals which it had been pursuing since becoming independent in 1991 . It now had to position itself within a community of 25 states, and to define a new set of goals for its foreign policy. Finding a new raison d'etre for a foreign policy apparatus that was intensively focused on two goals for a decade and half, would be a challenge for any state. For one that is a young democracy, as well as a small state with limited financial and human resources, it was even more so. Due to these constraints, Slovenia has to rely on soft rather than hard power, and attempt to contribute what it can to the EU's joint normative power as it lacks both the economic as well as population base to pursue extensive unilateral policies towards third states. To what extent did Slovenia's post-2004 reorientation succeed and what are its current foreign policy priorities? Is it leading by example or simply following in the footsteps of other EU members? What is the scope of the EU's actual normative power, and to what extent does Slovenia contribute to it? How did Slovenia tackle the ultimate chance for a small state's contribution to the EU's normative power -the 6 month Council of the EU (EU Council) Presidency -when compared with that of a neighbouring small state, Hungary? The goal of this article will be to answer these questions. The article is divided into seven parts and proceeds as follows: (1) in the first part we will briefly discuss the concept of small states, and outline some of their characteristics; (2) in the second part we will elaborate the idea of whether the EU is a strong normative power and if it is enough, in the current state of international relations, for that particular international organization to be a normative power only; (3) in the third part we will analyse what principles and values are present in and how much do they guide the foreign policy of Slovenia; (4) in the fourth part, we will discuss how Slovenia views the relation between EU foreign policy (with particular emphasis on the promotion of Human Rights and Democracy) and its own geographical areas of interest; (5) in the fifth part we will try to answer the question whether Slovenia considers human security as being an essential component of its security policy; (6) in the sixth part we will analyse and compare ine goals of the EU Council Presidency of Slovenia with those of a neighbouring small state, Hungary; (7) in the conclusion, we will sum up the findings and assess the current contribution of Slovenia to the normative power of the EU. …" @default.
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• W3123566145 title "Small States as “Contributing Nations” to the EU’s Normative Power: the Case of Slovenia" @default.
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