This thesis seeks to explain that the EU’s development as a counterterrorism actor collides with its identity as a normative power. The EU has created various instruments, among them the autonomous...Show moreThis thesis seeks to explain that the EU’s development as a counterterrorism actor collides with its identity as a normative power. The EU has created various instruments, among them the autonomous terror list, to portray itself as a capable counter-terrorism actor towards itself and its allies . However the success of its normative power relies on ability to show actors the merits of the norms. At the hand of a comparative case study of two cases, the Kurdish Workers’ Party and Hezbollah, this thesis will explore the EU’s choice for the use of sanctions against non-state actors and how it interferes with the identity of the EU as a normative power.Show less
