The formulation of EU foreign policy : socialization, negotiations and disaggregation of the state / Nicola Chelotti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chelotti, Nicola, author.

Series:

Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series ; 31.

Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Decision making.

European Union.

Military policy.

Decision making.

International relations.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--21st century.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--Decision making.

European Union countries--Military policy.

European Union countries--Military policy--Decision making.

Common Security and Defence Policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 201 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Formulation of European Union foreign policy

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

EU foreign and defence policy is largely formulated in the working parties and committees of the Council of the EU and the vast majority of decisions in this field are made by the national diplomats working in the around 35 groups of the CFSP/CSDP. Although the importance of these committees and their participants has been increasingly recognised, we still know relatively little about them. Using an original database of 138 questionnaires and 37 interviews, this book addresses this lack of knowledge, studying what these committees do and how they negotiate and resolve issues. It explores three key areas: the formulation of the national position; the identity of CFSP/CSDP policy-makers; and negotiation practices and outputs. In doing so, it provides an innovative observation point from which EU foreign policy can be analysed. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU foreign and defence policy, external relations of the EU, European integration and politics, diplomacy and more broadly international relations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Actors and decision-making processes of EU foreign and defence policy

2. Theories and the CFSP/CSDP decision-making process

3. Profiles, working habits and experience of EU diplomats

4. Preparing the national position: the capital-Brussels nexus

5. Identities: a diplomatic republic of Europe?

6. Decision-making styles and practices

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138830578

1138830577

OCLC:

926105884

Publisher Number:

40025793211