1st Edition

The Contested Diplomacy of the European External Action Service Inception, Establishment and Consolidation

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU’s new diplomatic body, was accompanied by high expectations for improving the way Europe would deal with foreign policy. However, observers of its first years of operation have come to the opposite conclusion. This book explains why the EEAS, despite being hailed as a milestone in integration in Europe’s foreign policy, has... Read more

1. Introduction: Constructing the EU Diplomatic Service  2. The Long Road to EU Diplomatic Capacities  3. Bureaucratic Change in EU Foreign Policy  4. The Shape of Things to Come: The Inception of the European External Action Service  5. Navigating the ‘Politics of Eurocratic Structure’: The Establishment of the European External Action Service  6. Bureaucracy, Competition, and Control: The Consolidation of the European External Action Service  7. Sailing on a Second Wind? Trajectories of Consolidation for the European External Action Service  8. Conclusion: Towards a European Foreign Ministry?

Biography

Jost-Henrik Morgenstern-Pomorski is a Lecturer in Political Science with a special focus on European and American politics at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He was awarded a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher position at Loughborough University, UK, and was a visiting PhD student at the University of Cambridge, UK.