摘要
The European Union’s foreign and security policy has come into being and developed in the process of European integration.It’s influenced by both internal and external factors.After the international financial crisis in 2008,the return of major country competition coupled with the EU’s internal challenges has pushed the EU to adjust and reform its foreign and security policy.A Global Strategy for EU Foreign and Security Policy,released in 2016,advocates“European strategic autonomy”and reshapes the EU foreign and security policy at the level of concepts,capacity building and operation.In recent years,along with the geopolitical shift in EU power,its foreign and security policy has shown new features such as the orientation to major country competition and the strengthening of EU-US and EU-NATO cooperation.
