ABSTRACT
The European Union (EU) is carefully repositioning itself in international politics. As the coronavirus has aggravated tensions between the great powers, this nascent EU Grand Strategy will be vital for the defence the Union’s interests. However, it is not equally shared by all EU Member States or even by all EU institutions, nor has it yet been incorporated into all relevant strands of the EU policy. The EU risks ending up in a permanently ambivalent position: more than a satellite of the US, but not a really independent power either. Will 2021 see the EU muster the courage to fully implement the choices that it has started to make?
Keywords: Civilian power; European Union; Multilateralism; NATO; Regionalism; Security architecture; Westphalian state
