Foreign Policy of the European Union / Edition 2

by Stephan Keukeleire

Overview

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 (www.eufp.eu), this systematic and innovative appraisal of this key policy area is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901137025745
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/23/2014
Series:	The European Union Series
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2014
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Stephan Keukeleire holds a Jean-Monnet Chair in European Foreign Policy at the University of Leuven (KUL) and is Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

Tom Delreux is Associate Professor of EU Politics at the Institut de Sciences politiques, Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE) of the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) in Belgium and Director of the Centre for European Studies.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures     xi
List of Abbreviations     xii
Preface     xvi
Introduction     1
The Approach     3
Outline of Chapters     4
The Context and Nature of EU Foreign Policy     8
The Changing Context of EU Foreign Policy     8
Updating the Concept of Foreign Policy     19
Conventional and Structural Foreign Policy     25
The Nature of EU Foreign Policy     28
Conclusion     33
European Integration and Foreign Policy: Historical Overview     35
European Integration: The Product of a Structural Foreign Policy     35
European Integration and Foreign Policy: A Taboo     39
European Political Cooperation: Setting the Stage     44
The Maastricht Treaty and the Illusive CFSP     48
The Amsterdam Treaty and ESDP: Moving towards Action     54
EU Foreign Policy beyond September 11, Enlargement, and the Lisbon/Reform Treaty     57
Conclusion     64
The EU's Foreign Policy System: Actors     66
One Framework, Two Regimes, or a Continuum?     66
The European Council: Strategic Leadership?     68
The Council of Ministers: Losing Control     69
The Council's Substructure: Representing the Member States     73
The Council's 'Common' Actors: Representing the EU     77
The Commission: a Foreign Policy Actor by Stealth?     86
The European Parliament     93
Conclusion     97
The EU's Foreign Policy System: Policy-making     98
Competences     98
Decision-making     102
Policy-making in Practice     110
Financing EU Foreign Policy     115
Consistency     121
Conclusion     123
EU Foreign Policy and National Foreign Policies     124
Foreign Policy-making in the Member States     125
Power, Interests and Identity     130
Europeanization     141
Conclusion     147
The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)     148
Formal Characteristics     149
Common Strategies, Joint Actions and Common Positions     154
Systematic Cooperation between Member States     159
Scope and Substance     162
Thematic Priorities     165
Conclusion     173
The European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)     174
The Military Dimension      175
The Civilian Dimension     181
Civilian and Military Operations     185
The Industrial and Technological Dimension     192
The Political Dimension     196
Conclusion     198
EU Foreign Policy beyond CFSP     199
Trade     200
Association and Cooperation Agreements     204
Development Policy     210
Crisis Management, Conflict Prevention and Peace-building     216
Human Rights and Democracy     223
Conclusion     228
The Foreign Policy Dimension of Internal Policies     229
Freedom, Security and Justice     230
Terrorism     236
Energy     240
Environment     245
Health and Demography     249
Conclusion     253
The Main Arenas of EU Foreign Policy     255
Central and Eastern Europe     256
The Balkans and Turkey     261
The Commonwealth of Independent States     270
The Mediterranean Region     274
The Middle East     282
Africa     288
Conclusion     296
The EU, Multilateralism and Competition with Structural Powers      298
The EU and Multilateral Organizations     298
The other Structural Powers: The US, Russia, China and Islamism     310
Conclusion     326
Conclusions: Theorizing EU Foreign Policy     328
International Relations Theories     328
European Integration Theories     330
Constructivism: Ideas, Values and Identity     333
Structural Foreign Policy     335
Bibliography     339
Index     368

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Distinguished by its extremely complete and far-reaching analysis, this is the ideal book for any course on the External Relations of the EU.' -­ Otto Holman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Editorial Reviews

A very well-written textbook covering all the core themes, concepts and developments in EU foreign policy. It provides expert analysis of the latest literature and is effectively structured to tackle the complex and multifaceted character of EU external relations.” —Sophie Vanhoonacker, Chair in European Administrative Governance and Jean Monnet Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

“The book provides a thorough and concise overview of the EU's institutional foreign policy apparatus, and of its various foreign policies, taking into account national and European actors, as well as the changing international environment in which the EU finds itself in. Theoretical extensions of the actual developments are contained throughout, as well as facts and figures that help to more clearly demonstrate the impact of the EU's foreign policy in the world.” —Markus Thiel, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, USA

“An up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of European Union foreign policy motivations, institutions and practices. Keukeleire and Delreux have managed once again in this third edition to deliver a timely pedagogical tool for students and teachers of EU external relations alike.” —Toni Haastrup, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Stirling, UK

“Keukeleire and Delreux have produced a comprehensive and state-of-the-art treatment of EU foreign policy. It is a tour-de-force of how a textbook should be written and structured on EU foreign policy. The key institutions, policies, theoretical debates, and the way forward for EU studies and security are all analysed in an expert way. The scholarship is first rate and the accessible pedagogy is excellent.” —Neil Winn, Senior Lecturer in European Studies, University of Leeds, UK

“Keukeleire and Delreux have prepared, once again, an outstanding introduction to EU foreign policy, for anyone trying to understand its complexity. An exceptional textbook, which will continue to be used by lecturers and students widely.” —Michal Onderco, Associate Professor of International Relations, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

“The authors continue to set the benchmark for excellence in textbooks on EU foreign policy. This new edition provides a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible introduction to the development of the EU as a foreign policy actor. It will be of essential use for anyone looking to further investigate the key issues and debates surrounding this important topic.” —Graham Timmins, Reader in International Politics, University of Birmingham, UK

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