Philosophical and theoretical aspects of European integration

Dadashov Kanan Kamranogli

The article examines European foreign policy from the point of view of its three dimensions - historical, European and international. Considering the process of institutionalization of foreign policy cooperation of European states, the author focuses on the formation and development of the area of foreign and security policy (CFSP) and analyzes it through the prism of realism, neoinstitutionalism, intergovernmentalism and constructivism. In conclusion, the author notes that the EU is a subject of the system of international relations of the XXI century; Although the Europeanization of the CFSP is lower than in other areas, significant progress has been made in the integration process, and the further development of the CFSP is driven by current external and security challenges.

Keywords:EU, common foreign and security policy, system of international relations, realism, neo-institutionalism, intergovernmentalism, constructivism.