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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the essence of the European Union’s development policy in all its aspects. To this end, it examines the factual circumstances and determinants of this policy. It scrutinizes the principles and functioning of the EU development policy as well as its challenges and obstacles. The article aims to verify the assumption that the 1990s and early 21st century marked a significant revaluation of the European Union’s development policy. On the one hand, EU development policy is becoming more crucial and comprehensive in character. On the other hand, the current premises of EU development policy do not fully match the real needs of developing countries.
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The end of the Cold War was not tantamount with elimination of all sources of tensions or conflicts worldwide. On the contrary, at that time international reality saw a number of new problems or aggravation of some of those already present. Transformation of international power arrangement that has taken place since that time confronted the European Union and countries of Sub-Saharan Africa with the need to redefine their mutual relations in the context of international security in both political and economic areas. The aim of this article is to present those relations. It analyses such issues as wars and conflicts in Africa; international terrorism and energy-related aspect of security. The Author discusses premises, conditions and measures taken by the EU in that respect. The article also attempts to answer the question, whether the EU manages to effectively influence the process of shaping international security in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Among the conditions which have shaped the relations between the European countries and Africa the ones worth mentioning are tradition and historical ties linking Europe with its former colonies. The process of colonisation, as well as decolonisation, and the postcolonial era have permanently tied African countries with the Old Continent. The two European countries which are most interested in developing cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa are the United Kingdom and France - the two biggest colonial states in Africa. At the beginning of the last century, before the independence of Egypt, London controlled the largest part of Africa (36.5%), as well as Sub-Saharan Africa (41.5%); whereas France was on the second place, with 35% of the whole African continent and 28.6% of the Sub-Saharan part. The aim of this article is to present the policy of the UK towards Africa, its determinants and the role of historical factors in mutual relations, as well as the main directions of the British policy towards Africa - its main principles, aims and progress. The article focuses mainly on the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, and on the rule of John Major and Tony Blair, i.e. 1990-2007.
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The author of this paper has aimed at featuring regionalisation processes on the African continent in the context of transformations taking place at the threshold of the 21st century throughout the world. Globalisation, virtualisation and trans-national processes have sparked-off national and international transformations and induced state-dominated systems. As a result of the concurrent regionalisation processes and the development of cohesive border regions, the existing state frontiers now serve as bridges rather than barriers. The emergence of a new economic geographic set up has positioned the present national states in between the space marked territorially by borders and that of the world market. The author analyses regionalisation processes in Africa in the African and European perspective as well as from the regional and global viewpoint. He dwells on the circumstantial conditions and premises determining these processes. He also attempts to answer whether the development of effective integration structures in Africa depends solely and exclusively on the inhabitants of this continent alone.
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It is evident how disproportions between the underdeveloped South and economically developed countries have been increasing over time, especially seen in the context of processes of globalisation and internationalisation of contemporary international relations. At present it is impossible to give a reasonable, informed answer to the question whether those countries have a chance to overcome their development barriers. Still, the task of solving the problems is also a challenge faced by the entire international community and it undoubtedly influences the EU’ external policy. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the essence of the European Union's development policy. It scrutinizes the principles and functioning of the EU development policy as well as its challenges and obstacles. The author presents also the role and position of Poland in shaping EU policy outside Europe has been also presented. The author specifies the main challenges facing Polish foreign policy towards developing countries. The article aims to verify the assumption that the 1990s and early 21st century marked a significant revaluation of the European Union's development Policy towards Africa. On one hand, EU development policy is becoming more crucial and comprehensive in character. On the other hand, the current premises of EU development policy do not fully match the real needs of African (developing) countries.
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The aim of this paper is to present and describe the EU’s policy with regard to environmental protection and countering climate change in Africa, in the context of the broader objective of reducing, or eliminating poverty. It is increasingly accepted that we need an integrated approach to climate change and development; only by linking these issues together can we show the entire complexity of the multidimensional issue of poverty. Global development requires taking into account issues related to susceptibility and adjustment to climate change. The paper seeks to answer the questions of the extent to which climate change is a serious and lasting threat to devel- opment, and about the relations between climate change and development. It presents the role and significance of climate change and environmental protection in EU development policy; it describes the major relevant documents and decisions. The author focuses particularly on discussing the issues of climate change and development in the relations between the EU and Africa, and points out the key challenge related to the implementation of policies combining climate and development. Although there is a general conviction about, and awareness of the interrelation of these two phenomena (processes), still too few of the necessary actions are being taken, and the activities related to development and climate are often approached and executed separately.
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