Changing Perceptions of the EU at Times of Brexit

Natalia Chaban is Jean Monnet Chair and President of Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand. She is based at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.Arne Niemann is Professor of International Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.Johanna Speyer is Junior Lecturer and PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.

• 1. Introduction - Uncertain Change and Changing Uncertainty: The Brexit Referendum and the EU in the Eyes of the World 2. The UK’s View on Brexit and its Foreign Policy Implications Part I: EU Perceptions by Neighbours to the East and South 3. ‘Brexit’ in Turkish Political Debates: End of the Road or a New Trajectory? 4. Perceptions of the EU and Brexit in Russia and their Influence on Russia-EU Relations 5. Brexit and EU Perceptions in Ukraine Part II: EU Perceptions Across the Wide Atlantic 6. Increasingly Brittle? US-perceptions of the EU after Brexit and their impact on EU-US relations 7. Canada’s Two Europe’s: Brexit and the Prospect of Competing Transatlantic Relationships 8. Perceptions of the EU/Brexit in Mexico: Offsetting Negative Impacts 9. Brazil’s Perceptions of the EU after Brexit: A weaker but desirable partner Part III: EU Perceptions in the Middle East and Africa 10. A Troubled Pair? The MENA region and the EU after Brexit 11. South Africa’s Perception of the EU after Brexit Part IV: EU Perceptions in Asia 12. China’s Perception of Brexit and its Influence on China-EU Relations 13. A Shift of Strategic Interests: Indian Elite Perceptions of Europe after Brexit 14. A Distant Partner: The Japanese Perspectives of a Post-Brexit European Union 15. EU Perceptions in Korean YouTube Videos before and after the Brexit Referendum: A Semantic Network Analysis Approach 16. So Close Yet So Far: Australian and New Zealand perceptions of the EU post-Brexit vote 17. Conclusion: External Perceptions of the EU and EU Foreign Policy Making at Times of Brexit