THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AS AN INTERNATIONAL ACTOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AS AN INTERNATIONAL ACTOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Summary/Abstract: This research aims to discuss the role of the European Union (EU) in developing countries inestablishing democracy, rule of law and development. The EU has been considered an inter-national actor since its establishment. Various literatures argue that the EU plays a significantrole in developing countries. In this context, this study highlights the various roles of the EUand their multi-dimensional engagement in developing countries. Furthermore, the articlealso traces the EU’s actorness through its cooperation in several areas of engagement such asinternational cooperation in global peace and conflict settlement, military, sustainable devel-opment, economic cooperation, humanitarian background, cultural engagement and otheractivities. The qualitative study is applied here to generate an argument through the primaryand secondary sources of data, where the research traces vis-à-vis the review of books and ar-ticles of the scholars in international relations. The empirical analysis aims to highlight themain problems of developing countries and evaluate the role of the EU as a problem-solvingactor for better social development. As a result, the EU itself and its various associate insti-tutions have been working in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceanian countries in manysectors for a stable government with democratic norms and ethos. The initial findings of thisarticle are that the EU is the largest aid provider in many countries of Asia and Africa andsupports institutional development in war zone regions in the world.

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