What is it about?
The article’s goal is to investigate the Weimar Triangle countries’ relations with the United Arab Emirates. Therefore, the author asks the research question. Are the Weimar Triangle states’ role and significance increasing in the external dimension of the European Un- ion? Based on the example of the United Arab Emirates, the research adopted a hypothesis. It is the statement that after Brexit, the Weimar Triangle countries have a chance to improve their importance in the EU external activities. Apart from case studies, to revise the hypothesis, the author performed a meticulous comparative analysis. Moreover, the research implemented International Practice Theory as an appropriate tool to investigate the presented issue. This empirical research and its findings resulted from over ten years of the author’s direct observation, analysis, and participation in many initiatives, both in the European Union and in the United Arab Emirates. The Middle East for the Weimar Triangle countries is more significant than just from a trade potential perspective. The situation in this region is also affecting Europe and global security architecture. For this reason, one should develop a coherent and comprehensive EU foreign and security policy towards the region, and the Weimar Triangle formula should be one of its pillars.
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Why is it important?
The research goal of the article is to show the involvement of the Weimar Triangle countries in relation to the United Arab Emirates. The specific research question that this article deals with in the example of the United Arab Emirates is whether the Weimar Triangle states are increasing their role and importance in the external dimension of the European Union. The answer to this question is crucial because it touches upon a fundamental question about the nature of the European Union and its Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Perspectives
This research is part of a broader issue of the European Union’s ability to pursue joint strategic interests and to increase its role and importance in non-European relations. Therefore, future beneficiaries of the answer to be obtained will be researchers of international relations and practitioners dealing with the European Union.
Professor Adam Krzymowski
Zayed University
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This page is a summary of: The Weimar Triangle: France, Germany, Poland in the Middle East. United Arab Emirates Perspective, Przegląd Strategiczny, December 2021, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan,
DOI: 10.14746/ps.2021.1.7.
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