Contemporary European Foreign Policy

This major new book introduces and examines the latest developments in European foreign policy. It provides a complete overview of the ways in which the very nature of foreign policy in Europe has changed and advances new insights into contemporary European foreign policy analysis.

This major new book introduces and examines the latest developments in European foreign policy. It provides a complete overview of the ways in which the very nature of foreign policy in Europe has changed and advances new insights into contemporary European foreign policy analysis.

The book is structured around three parts. Part one provides a concise overview of the latest theories and concepts in this growing field of study and research. Part two assembles and reviews a series of contemporary issue areas including security and defense, economic foreign policy, diplomacy, national cooperation, human rights, and sovereignty. Part three mirrors and builds on Part two by providing an applied case study to each of the preceding topics.

Throughout the book the authors address and incorporate both the national and European Union levels of foreign policy and explore the complex interactions between the two.

The result is a book that will be essential reading for all students and researchers seeking a deeper understanding of European foreign policy today and the wider implications for future foreign policy analysis in politics and international relations.

Introduction - Walter Carlsnaes
PART ONE: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS
Foreign Policy Analysis and the New Europe - Brian White
European Foreign Policy - Knud Erik Jörgensen
Conceptualising the Domain
PART TWO: ANALYTICAL DIMENSIONS OF EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY
Security and Defence - Helene Sjursen
Economic Foreign Policy - Michael Smith
Diplomacy - Brian Hocking
National Foreign Policy Coordination - Bengt Sundelius and Magnus Ekengren
Collective Identity - Ulrich Sedelmeier
Human Rights - Janne Haaland Matlary
Sovereignty - Bertrand Badie
PART THREE: CASE STUDIES
Security and Defence - Annika Hansen
The EU Police Mission in Bosnia
Foreign Economic Policy - Ricardo Gomez and George Christou
The EU and the Mediterranean
Diplomacy - Alisdair Blair
The Impact of the EU on its Member States
National Foreign Policy Coordination - Magnus Ekengren
The Swedish EU Presidency
Collective Identity - Michelle Pace
The Greek Case
Human Rights - Agustín José Menéndez
The Right Foreign Policy for the EU?
Sovereignty - Frédéric Charillon
EU Intervention in the `Near Abroad′