Foreign Policy of the European Union Book

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