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This book reviews a variety of approaches to the study of the European Union's foreign policy. Much analysis of EU foreign policy contains implicit theoretical assumptions about the nature of the EU and its member states, their inter-relationships, the international system in which they operate and the nature and direction of European integration. In many instances such assumptions - not being discussed openly - limit, rather than facilitate debate. The purpose of this book is to open up this field of enquiry so that students, observers and analysts of EU foreign policy can review a broad range of tools and theoretical templates from which the development and the trajectory of the EU's foreign policy can be studied. Situated as it is at the interface between European Studies and International Relations, the book also seeks to engage the attention of readers who are anxious to understand how the European Union relates to the rest of the world and to explain the efforts of the EU and its member states towards the creation of a credible, effective and principled foreign, security and defence policy.

1. The study of EU foreign policy : between international relations and European studies /Ben Tonra, Thomas Christiansen --2. Theorizing the European Union's foreign policy /Knud Erik Jørgensen --3. International relations or European integration : is the CFSP sui generis? /Jakob C. Øhrgaard --4. Foreign policy analysis and European foreign policy /Brian Whit --5. Discourse analysis in the study of European foreign policy /Henrk Larsen --6. Role identity and the Europeanisation of foreign policy : a political-cultural approach /Lisbeth Aggestann --7. Interests, institutions and identities in the study of European foreign policy /Adrien Hyde-Price --8. Theory and practice of multi-level foreign policy : the European Union's policy in the field of arms export controls /Sibylle Bauer, Eric Remacle --9. Justifying EU foreign policy : the logics underpinning EU enlargement /Helen Sjursen, Karen E. Smith.

This book reviews a variety of approaches to the study of the European Union's foreign policy. Much analysis of EU foreign policy contains implicit theoretical assumptions about the nature of the EU and its member states, their inter-relationships, the international system in which they operate and the nature and direction of European integration. In many instances such assumptions - not being discussed openly - limit, rather than facilitate debate. The purpose of this book is to open up this field of enquiry so that students, observers and analysts of EU foreign policy can review a broad range of tools and theoretical templates from which the development and the trajectory of the EU's foreign policy can be studied. Situated as it is at the interface between European Studies and International Relations, the book also seeks to engage the attention of readers who are anxious to understand how the European Union relates to the rest of the world and to explain the efforts of the EU and its member states towards the creation of a credible, effective and principled foreign, security and defence policy.
Table of contents:
1 The study of EU foreign policy: between international relations and European studies / Ben Tonra and Thomas Christiansen
2 Theorising the European Union's foreign policy / Knud Erik Jørgensen
3 International relations or European integration: is the CFSP sui generis? / Jakob C. Øhrgaard
4 Foreign policy analysis and European foreign policy / Brian White
5 Discourse analysis in the study of European foreign policy / Henrik Larsen
6 Role identity and the Europeanisation of foreign policy: a political–cultural approach / Lisbeth Aggestam
7 Interests, institutions and identities in the study of European foreign policy / Adrian Hyde-Price
8 Theory and practice of multi-level foreign policy: the European union's policy in the field of arms export controls /
Sibylle Bauer and Eric Remacle
9 Justifying EU foreign policy: the logics underpining EU enlargement / Helene Sjursen and Karen E. Smith

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The International Context -- 2 The Nature of European Union Foreign Policy -- 3 The Genesis of the European Community's Central America Policy: 1975-84 -- 4 The Implementation of Policy: 1984-90 -- 5 Member-State Policy towards Central America -- 6 Explaining the Policy -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index.

"This book examines the values and principles that inform EU Foreign Policy, conveying an understanding of the EU as an international actor. This volume explores the implications of these values and principles on the process of the construction of the European Union identity"--Provided by publisher

The second edition ofEuropean 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. Karen Smith is Reader in International Relations at the London School of Economics.

IntroductionFunctionality in EU Foreign Policy: A Framework of AnalysisManaging Ambivalence: National Foreign Policy in an Age of 'Power Avoidance'The Politics of Performance: Turf Battles in EU Foreign PolicyNormative Power and the EU's Search for Meaning Saving the Union? EU Foreign Policy and the Democratic DeficitConclusion.

The study of EU foreign policy has for a long time been haunted by Henry Kissinger's famous quip, "what number do I call if I want to get through to Europe?" This has prompted scholars to inquire into the effectiveness of the EU as an international actor. Arguing that the focus on effectiveness has pushed EU studies too far into the world of policy planning, this book examines EU foreign policy from the perspective of functionality. It asks what function foreign policy co-operation plays in the wider European integration process. The findings are original and striking: EU foreign policy serves as a way of managing Europe's retreat from power politics, is the site for inter-institutional struggles between the Council, Commission and Parliament within the EU, and increasingly provides the EU with a new identity at a time when the traditional narratives of European integration are no longer so convincing for European citizens. Far from being the poor cousin of other policy areas, foreign policy is increasingly the terrain upon which the future of the EU is being decided.

Ever since the first international negotiations on climate change in the early 1990s, the European Union has aspired to play a leading role in global climate politics. This book engages in a longitudinal analysis of the EU's participation in and impact on the United Nations climate regime. It provides not only comprehensive insights into the evolution of EU foreign climate policy, but also a thought-provoking audit of the potential and limits of the EU's influence in a major domain of global affairs

This book engages in a longitudinal analysis of the EU's participation in and impact on the global climate change regime, providing a thought-provoking audit of the potential and limits of the EU's influence as a foreign policy player in a major domain of global affairs.

How do crises produce changes in specific European Union foreign policy areas, and how should we conceptualise these policy changes? This book provides a novel analytical framework that serves to investigate the way in which the EU changes its foreign policy after crisis. Ikani adapts the existing theorising of foreign policy change to a single framework applicable to the EU context, providing readers with a toolbox to both explain the process of change and measure the policy change that follows. The framework is developed through an investigation of two important EU foreign policy change episodes, taking place after the Arab uprisings and the Ukraine conflict, and test-driven in three recent cases of EU foreign policy change after crisis. The volume presents a novel typology of EU foreign policy change, advancing on the fields of foreign policy analysis, public policy studies and International Relations. In doing so, it explains both the decision-making process leading to policy change, and the variation in change outcomes following this process. Further to offering those researching the EU foreign policy response to crisis with timely and empirically rich accounts of five recent change episodes, this book adds to the literature by suggesting two forms of EU foreign policy change, symbolic change and constructive ambiguity, which unlike previously argued form frequent and important outcomes of the decision-making process.