European Foreign Policy: From Rhetoric to Reality?

ISBN-13: 9789052012476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 381 str.

Govaere, Inge

Opis

There is agreement in political and academic circles that the European Union needs a common foreign and security policy (CFSP). The question is how to move from recognised necessity to practical implementation: from rhetoric to reality. Many efforts have been made, and indeed the creation of a European foreign policy is work in progress . Bringing together a multinational team of both young researchers and established academics, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of this process, uniquely combining the examination of the foundations, institutions, procedures and obstacles of EU-level foreign policy with an extensive range of case studies exploring European policy on the ground in key areas such as the Balkans, Africa or the Middle East.
Of use and interest to students of European politics and the general reader alike, it breaks through the Euro-jargon to provide a clear, accessible and up-to-date account of this unprecedented system of international relations, with a particular focus placed on the questions of why EU member states participate in the CFSP and what impact it enables them to have in geopolitics."

Spis treści

Contents: Alicia Ambos/Dieter Mahncke/Christopher Reynolds: Introduction - Dieter Mahncke: The Need for a Common Foreign Policy - Christopher Reynolds: Irreconcilable Differences? National Convergence and Divergence in the CFSP - Wolfgang Wessels: Theoretical Perspectives. CFSP beyond the Supranational and Intergovernmental Dichotomy - Inge Govaere: The External Relations of the EU. Legal Aspects - Roberto Francia/Miguel Angel Medina Abellán: Striving for a Common Foreign Policy. A Brief History - Alicia Ambos: The Institutionalisation of CFSP and ESDP - Dieter Mahncke: Transatlantic Relations - Peter van Ham: The EU's War over Iraq. The Last Wake-Up Call - Miguel Angel Medina Abellán: Russia: Towards a Strategic Partnership? - Armin Michael Mayer/Christine Stockhammer: Kosovo: An Example for a Successful European Foreign Policy? - Kathrin Ahlbrecht: Coherent European Foreign Policy in Macedonia. From Test Case to Prime Example? - Miguel Angel Medina Abellán: The Mediterranean: The Progressive Construction of a Common Agenda - Alicia Ambos/Ines von Behr: The Middle East Peace Process - Anja Fiedler: The Great Lakes Region: Testing Ground for a European Union Foreign Policy - Radhia Oudjani: EU-ASIA Relations - Alejandro Ribó Labastida: EU Foreign Policy towards Latin America - Alicia Ambos/Dieter Mahncke/Christopher Reynolds: Conclusions.

O autorze

The Editors: Dieter Mahncke is Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Professor of European Foreign Policy and Security Studies and Director of the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges.
Alicia Ambos is consultant at NATO's Political Affairs Division in Brussels.
Christopher Reynolds is a researcher in political science at the Technical University of Munich.