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EU–UN Relations. How much of a Partnership?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2016

Rafał Willa
Rafał Willa*
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Batorego 39L, 87-100 Toruń, Poland. E-mail: rafalwilla@interia.pl
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Abstract

The number, scale and variety of threats to the safety of the contemporary world are forcing multilateral cooperation to tighten. The United Nations is the main forum of such cooperation and has a vast spectrum of powers. In addition the European Union tries to act in a similar way, although on a much smaller scale. Both organizations, then, seem to have much in common and appear to be mutual partners. Is this cooperation really going as well as one would expect? Do they treat each other as equal partners? This article tries to answer these questions and more.

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In Honour of Erol Gelenbe
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European Review , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , May 2017 , pp. 337 - 350
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© Academia Europaea 2016 

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