The Foreign Policy of the European Union

The Foreign Policy of the European Union
Author: Federiga M. Bindi
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0815722524

"Explores European foreign policy and the degree of European Union success in proposing itself as a valid international actor, drawing from the expertise of scholars and practitioners in many disciplines. Addresses issues past and present, theoretical and practice-oriented, and country- and region-specific"-- Provided by publisher.

The European Union’s New Foreign Policy

The European Union’s New Foreign Policy
Author: Martin Westlake
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030483177

This volume brings together senior practitioners and academic specialists to consider how the EU’s new foreign policy has been evolving and how the various actors are maintaining the holistic approach intended by the draftsmen of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty.

The Foreign Policy of the European Union

The Foreign Policy of the European Union
Author: Stephan Keukeleire
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2022-02-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1350930490

Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, and that areas such as trade, development, environment and energy are inextricable elements of it. This book offers a comprehensive and critical account of the EU's key foreign relations – with its neighbourhood, with the US, China and Russia, and with emerged powers – and argues that the EU's foreign policy needs to be understood not only as a response to crises and conflicts, but also as a means of shaping international structures and influencing long-term processes. This third edition reflects recent changes and trends in EU foreign policy as well as the international context in which it operates, addressing issues such as the increasingly contested international order, the conflict in Ukraine, the migration and refugee crisis, Brexit and Covid-19. The book not only clarifies the formal procedures in EU foreign policy-making but also elucidates how it works in practice. The third edition includes new sections and boxes on 'strategic autonomy', European arms exports, the EU's external representation, the 'Brussels Effect', and decentring and gender approaches to EU foreign policy. Up to date, jargon-free and supported by its own website (eufp.eu), this systematic and innovative appraisal of this key policy area is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners.

The EU's Foreign Policy

The EU's Foreign Policy
Author: Mario Telò
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317032659

A very timely and topical volume concerned with the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the European Union’s (EU) capacity to further develop a distinctive foreign policy in accordance with the various policy instruments necessary to fulfil its role as a global actor. This edited volume brings together a host of scholars in the fields of European Studies and International Relations whose contributions offer both innovative theoretical perspectives and new empirical insights. Overall, the book emphasizes the question of the EU’s evolving legitimacy and efficiency as a foreign policy and diplomatic actor on the regional and global stage. This shared concern is clearly reflected in the book’s three-pronged structure: Part 1 - the EU a controversial global political actor in an emergent multipolar world with contributions from A.Gamble, M.Telò and J.Howorth; Part 2 - After the Lisbon Treaty: the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the European External Action Service, includes chapters from C.Lequesne, C.Carta and H.Mayer; Part 3 - R.Gillespie, F.Ponjaert, G.Grevi, Z.Chen, H.Nakamura and U.Salma Bava assess the CFSP and the EU’s external relations in action. Foreword by S.E.M P. Vimont. As a result, the book is a useful and relevant contribution to European Union studies and International Relations’ research and teaching. It offers any interested party informed and comprehensive insights into EU foreign policy at a time when it seeks to undertake an increased role in World affairs and this despite economic crisis.

European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World

European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World
Author: Karen E. Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745658172

The second edition of European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World provides a clear introduction to the complexities of contemporary European foreign policy and offers a fresh and distinctive perspective on the nature of the EU’s international identity. Thoroughly revised and expanded, the book explores how and why the EU tries to achieve five core foreign policy objectives: the encouragement of regional cooperation; the advancement of human rights; the promotion of democracy and good governance; the prevention of violent conflicts; and the fight against international crime, including terrorism. In pursuing these goals, the book illustrates how the EU is faced with acute policy dilemmas because the five objectives not only clash with each other, but also with additional policy priorities – such as securing energy supplies or establishing strategic partnerships with key powers. The uniqueness of the EU as a global actor is carefully assessed, and its key policies and the related dilemmas it faces compared with those of other international actors. This well-written and thoroughly researched book will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of European politics, foreign policy analysis, international relations and related disciplines.

An Introduction to European Foreign Policy

An Introduction to European Foreign Policy
Author: Fraser Cameron
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2012-02-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136466495

This text is the best introduction to the history, institutions, actors, processes and challenges of European Foreign Policy. This 2nd edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the substantial changes to European Foreign Policy as a result of the Lisbon Treaty and other significant changes in European and global politics. New material for this edition includes: detailed analysis of the changes brought about by the Lisbon treaty including the new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the new EU External Action Service changing transatlantic relations since the election of President Obama expanded discussion of the European and Security Defence missions in Afghanistan, Kosovo and elsewhere an assessment of the impact of the relations between the EU and its three strategic partners – China, India and Japan –as well as ASEAN and the new FTA with Korea evaluation of the global financial crisis on the EU, examining EU’s external relations within the context of a rapidly changing global power structure. With clearly illustrated up-to-date case studies, covering major issues such as Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Iran, each chapter includes key questions and suggestions for further reading. As such, An Introduction to European Foreign Policy continues to be essential reading for all students of European and international politics as well as those who wish to become involved in the external relations of the EU.

Foreign policy aspects of the Lisbon Treaty

Foreign policy aspects of the Lisbon Treaty
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2008-01-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780215038265

Although this report mainly examines the foreign policy aspects of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee makes some general comments on the process leading to signing of the Treaty. Chapters examine the 2007 Intergovernmental Conference process, foreign policy in that process, foreign policy in the Lisbon Treaty, new foreign policy posts, the European External Action Service, and the European Security and Defence Policy. The Government should have provided more information to Parliament during Spring 2007 about its approach to the renewed EU Treaty reform process. Parliament was entitled to expect adequate time to be consulted and to be able to make an input into the contents of the Treaty, through the Government. After the Treaty was finalised, Parliament was also entitled to have adequate time to make a thorough examination of the Treaty's detailed impact on the EU and the United Kingdom constitution. Parliament has been denied these opportunities, on both counts. The procedure followed meant that the 2007 Intergovernmental Conference mandate was agreed with little scope for UK public or Parliamentary debate and engagement. This sets an unfortunate precedent which is damaging to the credibility of the institutional reform process itself. The Committee believes the creation of the post of High representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and of the European External Action Service, represent major and significant innovations in the EU's foreign policy-making machinery. These developments, and two UK-inspired Declarations on the Common Foreign and Security Policy, are the only material differences between the provisions on foreign affairs in the Constitutional Treaty and those in the Lisbon Treaty.

EU External Relations Law and Policy in the Post-Lisbon Era

EU External Relations Law and Policy in the Post-Lisbon Era
Author: Paul James Cardwell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2011-11-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9067048232

This is a collection of works which considers the many different facets of the EU’s increasingly important engagement with the world beyond its borders. The Treaty of Lisbon marked a change in the powers and competences endowed on the EU - the contributions to this collection consider both the direct and indirect impact of the Treaty on the contemporary state of EU external relations. The authors are drawn from legal, political science and international relations disciplines and consider innovations or changes brought about by the Treaty itself: the European External Action Service, the roles of the High Representative and President, the collapse of the ‘pillar’ structure and new competences such as those for foreign investment. Other chapters cover developments which reflect the latest incremental changes upon which the post-Lisbon Treaty arrangements have some bearing, including the COREU network, the transatlantic and neighbourhood relations and the external dimension of ‘internal’ security. Useful for academics working in the field of EU external relations law and foreign policy, as well as the EU law/politics/European studies market more generally.

Foreign Affairs and the EU Constitution

Foreign Affairs and the EU Constitution
Author: Robert Schütze
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 557
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107037662

A collection of essays that surveys the development and structure of the European Union's constitutional regime for foreign affairs.

Europe's Foreign and Security Policy

Europe's Foreign and Security Policy
Author: Michael E. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521538619

The emergence of a common security and foreign policy has been one of the most contentious issues accompanying the integration of the European Union. In this book, Michael Smith examines the specific ways foreign policy cooperation has been institutionalized in the EU, the way institutional development affects cooperative outcomes in foreign policy, and how those outcomes lead to new institutional reforms. Smith explains the evolution and performance of the institutional procedures of the EU using a unique analytical framework, supported by extensive empirical evidence drawn from interviews, case studies, official documents and secondary sources. His perceptive and well-informed analysis covers the entire history of EU foreign policy cooperation, from its origins in the late 1960s up to the start of the 2003 constitutional convention. Demonstrating the importance and extent of EU foreign/security policy, the book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and policy-makers.