Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Theoretical and Methodological Background of the Survey [Anna Skolimowska] 2. Constructivist Perspective on Identity Issue in International Relations [Anna Skolimowska] 3. In Search of Academic Tools to Evaluate the European Union’s Identity on the Global Stage [Anna Skolimowska] 4. The Social Construction of Identity and Belonging: Perceptions of EU in the Western Balkans [Laura Maria Herța and Adrian Corpădean] 5. The European Union and the Countries of Eastern Partnership: The Type of Cooperation and Neighbours’ Perception [Beata Piskorska] 6. Russia’s Perceptions of the European Identity [Olga Barburska] 7. From the Hopeless Continent Towards the Rising Star: The Perceptions of the European Union by African Elites[Anna Masłoń-Oracz and Iwona Janczyk] 8. EU – India’s Dialogue and the Changing Self-representations of the Actors [Ana Pantea] 9. East Asia – European Union Relations: The case of Japan and South Korea in the Last Decade [Olga Barbasiewicz] 10. Critical Views on the EU’s International Relations and Identity as Shaped by Latin American Experiences and Perspectives [Șerban Văetiși] 11. American Think Tanks Perspective of the European Identity in Foreign Affairs [Bartosz M. Rydliński] 12. Conclusions [Anna Skolimowska]

About the Author

Anna Skolimowska is Head of the Department of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (UKSW), Poland.