In light of the discourse questioning the existence of the EU itself, Dr Nathalie Tocci reaffirms the EU’s Global Strategy for international engagement. Dr Tocci discusses the economic significance of the EU as a trading partner and source of foreign investment, and the organisation’s central role in maintaining global security.
Dr Nathalie Tocci is Deputy Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome, Editor of The International Spectator and Special Adviser to EU HRVP Federica Mogherini, in charge of outreach to think tanks and co-ordination of work on the new European Security Strategy. She is honorary professor at the University of Tubingen. Previously she held research positions at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; the Transatlantic Academy, Washington; and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence. Her research interests include European foreign policy, conflict resolution, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Her major publications include “Turkey and the European Union” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, co-author); “Multilaterialism in the 21st century” (Routledge, 2013, co-editor) and “Turkey’s European Future: Behind the Scenes of America’s Influence on EU-Turkey Relations” (New York University Press, 2011, author).