1st Edition
The European Union Diplomatic Service Ideas, Preferences and Identities
Introduction: The Puzzle of Non-State Diplomatic Representation Part 1: Conceptualizing the EU Diplomatic System 1. The Diplomatic System of a Non-State Actor 2. The Commission: At the Heart of the External Service Part 2: A Diplomatic Service in the Making 3. Institution-Building: The Engineering of Diplomacy 4. Anatomy of the Commission’s Diplomatic Service Part 3: The Actors in European Diplomacy 5. The Actors in the Commission’s Diplomacy: Bureaucratic and Political Views 6. Who are ‘We’ in the International Arena? Part 4: Prospects for the Near Future 7. The European External Action Service: The Puzzle of a New Kind of Service. Conclusions: Sailing the Diplomatic Sea – A Journey towards the Future
Biography
Caterina Carta is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
"A valuable source of relevant information thanks to its complete and accurate bibliography; a perfect starting point for a wider study of European external action." - Lorenzo Vai, The International Spectator, Vol. 47, 3, September 2012
