Europska politička integracija i promicanje mira: prednosti i nedostaci mirotvornog djelovanja Europske unije

Hrvoje Špehar - Pregledni rad

European Political Integration and Promotion of Peace: Advantages and Disadvantages of the European Union’s Peacemaking

Sažetak
Rad se bavi istraživanjem mirotvornih aspekata europske političke integracije i deficitima europskoga mirotvorstva, kao i pokušajima objašnjenja prirode europske političke integracije kakve pruža politička teorija. Rad se oslanja na istraživanja Johna McCormicka, Zakija Laïdija, Sabine Saurugger, Renauda Dehoussea, Hansa Vorländera, Gilberta Merlioa i drugih, a koja se bave teorijom europske integracije, mirotvornim aspektima europske integracije, prednostima i nedostacima političkog sustava Europske unije, te snagama i slabostima europske demokracije. Na temelju McCormickove analize pojedinačno se istražuju aspekti mirotvornoga kapaciteta djelovanja Europske unije, kojima se priključuje kritika specifične »normativne sile« Europske unije, kakvom je opisuje Laïdi. Rad zaključuje da u uvjetima globalnih kriza, naročito u oblicima ratnih sukoba, djelovanje Europske unije u području mirotvorstva pokazuje značajne manjkavosti, koje se temelje na unutarnjim predispozicijama ovoga specifičnog političkog sustava.

Abstract
The article deals with the research of the peace-making aspects of European political integration and with the deficits of European peacemaking, as well as attempts to explain the nature of European political integration as provided by political theory. The paper relies on research presented by John McCormick, Zaki Laïdi, Sabine Saurugger, Renaud Dehousse, Hans Vorländer, Gilbert Merlio and others, dealing with the theory of European integration, the peacemaking aspects of European integration, the advantages and disadvantages of the political system of the European Union, and the strengths and weaknesses of European democracy. The aspects of the peace-making capacity of the European Union are individually researched based on McCormick’s analysis, which are joined by the criticism of the specific normative force of the European Union as described by Laïdi. The author concludes that in the conditions of global crises, especially in the forms of war conflicts, the action of the European Union in the field of peacemaking shows significant deficits, which are based on the internal predispositions of this specific political system.