EU Actorness in the Fight against Somali Piracy

Abstract

The case study deals with the issue of the European Union as an
actor in international relations. While based on an analysis of the first
common EU naval military mission, EU NAVFOR Somalia, code-named
Atalanta, the article intends to shed more light on how the EU paves the
way to its getting recognized as an international actor. The author assumes
that the EU aims at facilitating the process in two key dimensions: the
virtual (i.e. material) and the intersubjective (i.e. idealogical) dimension.
The consultation is meant to contribute to the epistemomethodological debate about the essence and origins of the international
recognition of the EU.