Description
Book SynopsisBased on extensive empirical work by a cross-European group of researchers, this book assesses the impact of the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) on the national foreign policy-making processes and institutions of the EU member states. As such, the contributions cover both the involvement of the national diplomatic and foreign policy actors in shaping the outlook of the EEAS and its mission, as well as the changes (or not) it has produced for those actors of the member states. The analysis draws in theoretical frameworks from Europeanization and socialization, but also from intergovernmental frameworks of policy-making within the European Union.
An introduction by the editors outlines the issues and trends examined in the book and establishes the theoretical and methodological framework. Split into 2 sections, Part I: EEAS and national diplomacies as part of global and European structures has contributions by Richard Whitman, Rosa Balfour, Christian Leq
Trade Review
"This is a wide-ranging and stimulating review of the European External Action Service and of the impact it is having on the national diplomacies of EU Member States. A robust framework based on ideas of Europeanisation and adaptation and a series of sharply focused essays by experts make this essential reading for researchers and teachers in this area."
Michael Smith, Loughborough University, UK
"Provides us with a fine-grained family picture of European diplomacy at a crucial moment in time when the EEAS and national diplomatic networks are aiming for a new balance after rocky early beginnings. An excellent source of important information for anybody interested in European foreign policy."
Federica Bicchi, London School of Economics, UK
"The EEAS and National Foreign Ministries is an important contribution to an under-studied topic. The methodology applied in order to look at the positions of the Member States (semi-structured elite interviews and process-tracing) permits to develop a compelling argument and confirms the expectations of European experts. ... a complete work and very accessible despite the complexity of foreign-policy making in the EU."
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: The EEAS and National Diplomacies as Part of Global and Eruopean Structures
1. Europe's Changing Place in the World and Challenes to European Diplomacy
2. Change and Continuity: A Decade of Evolution of EU Foreign Policy and the Creation of the European External Action Service
3. At the Centre of Coordination: Staff, Resources and Procedures in the European External Action Service and in the Delegations
4. Inside the European External Action Service's Institutional Sinews: An Institutional and Organizational Analysis
Part II: National Diplomacies Shaping and Being Shaped by the EEAS
5. 'Our Man in Brussels'. The UK and the EEAS: Ambivalence and Influence
6. France: Between National Grandeur and the European Commitment
7. Germany: The Instinctive Integrationist Occassionally Going Intergovernmental
8. Spain and Italy: The 'Europeanization' Strategies of Two Middle Powers
9. Portugal and the Netherlands: Punching Above Their Weight?
10. Cases of Cautious Optimism: Sweden, Poland and the EEAS
11. Greece and Slovenia: National Diplomacies with Limited Means
12. The Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland: European Vocation Re-Confirmed?
Conclusions: Adaptation to the EU or to the Changing Global Context?
