Europe's behavioral pattern towards the Ukraine war (from strategic convergence to passive divergence)

Document Type : مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

Authors

• Hossein Fattahi Ardakani ¹
• Mahmoud Hosseini ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

² PhD in Regional Studies, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.2024.87165.1276

Abstract

The war in Ukraine has caused different behavior from Europe. This war shows us new approaches of solidarity, difference, flexibility and participation in the European Union. The present research, which is organized by descriptive-analytical method, seeks to answer the question, what was the behavior model of Europe towards the war in Ukraine? The findings of the research show that the reaction of the European Union in facing this war was passive and defensive rather than active and fluctuated from strategic convergence to passive divergence. This issue is caused by the widening of the divisions within this union and the different positions of the members following the outbreak of this war. As a result, the vacuum of powerful leadership and the creation of a political divide in the face of Russia (political), the failure to create a realistic vision of the future of energy supply and the chain of food sources (economic), the emergence of social divide in the face of the flood of Ukrainian refugees and in At the same time, emphasizing the need for the unity of both sides of the Atlantic (social) and trying to provide the goals of the European Union's defense-security strategic compass (security) is one of the most important patterns of behavior of the European Union regarding the war in Ukraine.

Keywords

• Russia
• Ukraine
• European Union
• security
• war

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