Özer, Yonca2014-11-192014-11-1920121301-1359http://hdl.handle.net/11424/3677This study addresses what characterises the EU’s role as an international actor by drawing on ‘civilian power Europe’ role concept as a fruitful point of reference. It analyses the scope of the concept from a broad point of view including the other characteristics of a civilian power instead of a narrow focus on the civilian versus military debate with a special empirical reference to the EU’s trade policy as Europe’s most long-standing and most powerful external policy realm. The study argues that EU’s trade policy mostly reflects ‘civilian power’ character of the EU.engCivilian Power, Civilian Power Europe, EU, Trade Policy, EU’s trade policyarticle