20.500.12556/RUL-147322 The concept of awkward powers in foreign relations comparative analysis of Canada and the European Union This paper addresses a specific phenomenon concerning power concepts in Canadian and EU foreign policies. As is widely known, the liberal-democratic platform has dominated global relations after the end of the Cold War. Implemented power approaches are studied from theoretical perspectives of liberalism/constructivism standpoints and their realist critique. Canada has been presented mostly as a middle power in international relations trying to find its specific role as a mediator and balancer among superpowers. On the other hand, the EU is classified predominantly as a normative power with tendencies to act as a great power from some point of view. In the paper, we analyse both entities through the recent concept of ‘awkward power’, whereby states have a so-called “dubious character”, acting in-between the potential of great and middle powers. power awkward power realism liberalism/constructivism mednarodni odnosi moč (družbene vede) velesile Evropska unija Kanada true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Kanada; Članek v reviji 2023-06-30 14:07:30 2023-06-30 14:07:36 2023-07-01 03:47:00 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 93-121 no. 2 Vol. 60 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 327 0032-3241 10.20901/pm.60.2.05 157366019 Pikalo__Durnik_PM.pdf Pikalo__Durnik_PM.pdf 1 5F0C08E5CD7F9F3B6D6497992CC3E816 d503468ca4b9a4f4f3663c067c278d82e21ac8b79bbc38c72b4131bea4952c02 c213f75d-173e-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170857 https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/439521 0 eb73a912-173e-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170858 Fakulteta za družbene vede Fakulteta za upravo 0 0 0