EFSPS - EU External Relations

People

The listed members of the EFSPS program have a deep understanding in the area of EU External Relations

Projects

The following projects by EFSPS members are in the context of EU External Relations

"Dimensionalism" and the ENP by Alena Vysotskaya G. Vieira

In light of the Eastern enlargement of the European Union, concerns over how this organisation will deal with increasing diversity of interests towards regions in its near abroad have gained ... read more

Beyond the Pillars: Diplomatic Representation of EU External Relations in Third Countries by David Rijks

A European diplomacy in its own right is emerging gradually and this research project is an analytical attempt to understand the system of European diplomatic representation in the context of ... read more

Connecting the EU with Its Neighbours: Towards a New European Foreign Policy? by Michele Comelli

Aim of the project The project has the following goals: to carry out an in-depth analysis of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) aimed at identifying both its potential for development ... read more

Engaging China, Uniting Europe? Decision-Making in European Union Foreign Policy towards the People’s Republic of China by May-Britt Stumbaum

Now available as "The European Union and China. Decision-Making in EU Foreign and Security Policy Towards the PR China", Nomos, 2009 The European Union’s foreign policy is a rapidly evolving but ... read more

EU-South Caucasus relations: questioning geopolitics and beyond by Sargis Ghazaryan

The EU-South Caucasus nexus is increasingly becoming a strategic issue for both parts, at the same time a disruption of this perspective would lead to a certain degree of destabilisation ... read more

EU-Turkish Relations under the Energy Security angle: The Nabucco test case by Carlo Frappi

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EU-UN Coordination in the field of Security and Development in the Mediterranean and Middle East by Daniele Marchesi

The objective of research is to flag out and analyse some of the determinants of EU-UN cooperation, by identifying the circumstances and factors that favour or hinder the consistent cooperation ... read more

Europe’s Unrecognised Neighbours: EU policies towards the “frozen conflicts” by Nicu Popescu

The project studied EU policies towards the secessionist entities in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria. Despite the fact that these entities do not exist on the map, they seriously ... read more

European Foreign Policy: Identity, Representation and Practices: Contested Meanings and Values by Bohdana Dimitrovova

The External Image of the EU: Views from North Africa In recent years, the European Union has strengthened its claims of becoming a distinctly different type of actor with the ... read more

EUROPEAN POLICYMAKERS THREAT PERCEPTIONS SINCE 9/11 by Ruth Hanau Santini

The theme of my research was looking at whether and how threat perceptions have influenced the evolution of European foreign policy since 9/11. In order to do that, I have ... read more

European Union as Democratic Anchor. An Instrument of Conflict Resolution in its Periphery? by Elena Baracani

The goal of the proposed project is to examine the role played by the EU in the resolution of regional conflicts directly involving some accession candidate or potential candidate countries ... read more

Ex(port)Im(port) Monitoring as an Instrument to Control the Spread of weapons of Mass destruction by Gunnar Jeremias

The concept of a global trade monitoring for bio-weapons relevant items that was developed during the project was found to be technically feasible. The political framework for its implementation was ... read more

Exploring the potential and limits of the CFSP: the EU diplomatic action on Iran’s nuclear issue by Riccardo Alcaro

This project will analyse the European involvement in the dispute over Iran’s controversial nuclear programme, testing the potential and limits of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the ... read more

Justice as a Security Strategy for the CFSP and ESDP by Iavor Rangelov

Justice for mass atrocity has become part of the policy equation for ending conflict and building peace and security in transition. The EU, as a global security actor, increasingly ... read more

Policy Learning in the European Union on Civilian Crisis Management: The Case of Externally Assisted Police Reform by Isabelle Ioannides

Over the years, the European Union has asserted itself as a serious political actor to be contemplated with. It is becoming increasingly involved in civilian crisis management, including police reform ... read more

The EU as an International Actor in its Eastern Neighbourhood – The Russian Case by Holger Moroff

The EU is developing a new policy towards its eastern neighbourhood. This research project on the Europeanization of security concepts and its expression in the EU’s soft security policies focuses ... read more

The EU’s Human Rights Dialogues: Constructive Engagement or Failure? by Katrin Kinzelbach

As a ‘general objective’, human rights are at the core of the CFSP. However, there is so far little case research on how the EU implements this normative goal in ... read more

The European Neighbourhood Policy towards Eastern Europe – The Perspective of the Neighbours by Andras Racz

The European Neighbourhood Policy towards Eastern Europe – The Perspective of the Neighbours Aim of the project The aim of the research project is two-fold. First, the applicant intends to conduct an ... read more

The European Union’s Development, Good Governance and Security Policies in West Africa by Marie Gibert

How is the political relationship between European powers and their West African former colonies changing as a result of the European Union’s (EU) growing role in security issues in West ... read more

The external dimension of Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: New dynamism for CFSP? by Patryk Pawlak

The Area of Freedom Security and Justice (AFSJ) has not only become one of the most important Treaty objectives but also one of the most dynamic and expanding areas of ... read more

The impact of EU CFSP/ESDP on national foreign policy: The Europeanization of the foreign policy of Romania by George Dura

The project will contribute to the scientific debate about how the EU CFSP/ESDP impacts on national foreign policy, by analysing the Europeanization of Romania’s foreign policy towards Moldova. The project ... read more

Trade as an instrument of European structural foreign policy: a theoretical assessment by Arlo Poletti

It is unanimously recognized that over the past twenty years the nature of international trade has changed in terms of both content and process The terms used to describe ... read more

Publications

Several publications by EFSPS members are in the area of EU External Relations

• Adebahr, Cornelius (2011): Working inside out: what role for Special Envoys in the European External Action Service?,
• Gibert, Marie (2011): The New European Security Architecture: An Example of “Messy Multilateralism”?, in T. Chafer and G. Cumming (eds.), From Rivalry to Partnership? New Approaches to the Challenges of Africa, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 179-194.
• Gibert, Marie (2010): ‘The European Union in West Africa: From a Developmental to a Diplomatic Policy?’, in E. Gross and A. E. Juncos (eds.), European Union Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management: Roles, Institutions and Policies, London: Routledge, pp. 103-116.
• Adebahr, Cornelius (2010): Another round of horse-trading? The EU's new diplomatic service needs a strategic vision, Global Europe - www.globeurope.com
• Adebahr, Cornelius (2010): Getting real: What instruments for the European External Action Service?, CFSP Forum, Vol. 8, N° 2
• Gebhard, Carmen (2010): with Walter Feichtinger (eds.): Globale Sicherheit – Europäische Potenziale. Böhlau Wien,
• Adebahr, Cornelius (2010): The European External Action Service: no longer the panacea but with long-term potential, Diplomatic Magazine, September 2010
• Adebahr, Cornelius (2010): Strategy, not Bureaucracy: The role of the EU Special Representatives in the European External Action Service, DGAPanalyse kompakt, July 2010 N° 5
• Stumbaum, May-Britt (2009): The European Union and China. Decision-Making in EU Foreign and Security Policy towards the PR China, Nomos
• Dura, George (2009): The EU's political interests in the Wider Black Sea Area, Strategic Monitor nr. 1-2/2009, Institute for Political Studies of Defence and Military History, Ministry of Defence, Romania
• Marchesi, Daniele / L. Van Langenhove (2009): “The Lisbon Treaty and the Emergence of Third Generation Regional Integration” , European Journal of Law Reform, Vol. X, no. 4, pp 477-496, 2009
• Gnedina, Elena / Multiple authors (2009): Synergies vs. Spheres of Influence in the Pan-European Space,
• Gross, Eva / Shada Islam (2009): Afghanistan: Europe's credibility test. , Policy Brief. Brussels, European Policy Centre, March 2009.
• Gibert, Marie (2009): Book Review: ‘France and the New Imperialism: Security Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, by B. Charbonneau’, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 17, Nr. 1, pp. 115-117
• Dier, Aleksandra (2009): Conflict and Cooperation in Europe's Eastern Neighbourhood, CSS Analyses in Security Policy, ETH Zurich, June 2009
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2009): EUPOL Proxima and EUPAT (fYROM), In G. Grevi, D. Helly and D. Keohane (eds) Ten Years of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Paris: European Union Institute for Security Studies, p. 187-200.
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2009): “Book Review: EU Security Governance (Kirchner E. and Sperling, J.)”, Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 677-678
• Pawlak, Patryk / Kurowska, Xymena (2009): The Politics of European Security Policies, in: Perspectives on European Politics and Society
• Dura, George (2009): The EU Border Assistance Mission to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, in: "European Security and Defence Policy: The First 10 Years (1999-2009)", Grevi G., Helly D. and Keohane D. (Eds), EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris, 2009. The contributors to this book include the following: Esra Bulut, Caty Clément, George Dura, Sabine Fischer, Benedikt Franke, Richard Gowan, Giovanni Grevi, Eva Gross, Damien Helly, Isabelle Ioannides, Daniel Keohane, Daniel Korski, Xymena Kurowska, Dov Lynch, Claudia Major, Michael Merlingen, Luis Peral, Kirsten E. Schulze, and Thierry Vircoulon.
• Marchesi, Daniele / L. Van Langenhove (2008): “The Lisbon Treaty and the Emergence of Third Generation Regional Integration”, Working Papers Monnet Shuman Centre, University of Miami, June 2008
• Marchesi, Daniele / R.Kuehnel (2008): "Women: From Target Group to Stakeholders in Peace and Security – What link with Human Security?", Voices of Europe: UN-EU relations, UNRIC, 2008
• Adebahr, Cornelius (2008): The Debate Goes On: Widening vs. Deepening – Europe between Enlargements, ACG Occasional Paper 2008/#2
• Marchesi, Daniele / R.Matarazzo (2008): “Intervista a Benita Ferrero Waldner: In Medio Oriente l’Europa sta facendo la sua parte”, Affarinternazionali, 21/02/2008, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=740
• Adebahr, Cornelius (2008): The First Will Be The Last: Why the EU Foreign Service will remain embryonic for some time, CFSP Forum Vol. 6, No. 2 (March 2008)
• Fehl, Caroline / Johannes Thimm (2008): Weltmacht und Weltordnung. Multilateralismus im transatlantischen Spannungsfeld, SWP Studie S6, Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, March.
• Dier, Aleksandra / Buras, Piotr (2008): Die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik Polens unter der Regierung Tusk, SWP-Aktuell 2008/A40, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Mai 2008
• Dickow, Marcel (2008): The European Union proposal for a Code of Conduct on Outer Space Activities , ESPI Yearbook 2008 (forthcoming)
• Stewart, Emma (2008): 'Capabilities and Coherence? The Evolution of EU Conflict Prevention', European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 13/2 pp. 229-253
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2008): La réforme de la police en Macédoine : la coordination interinstitutionnelle et la coopération internationale à l’épreuve, in B. Delcourt, E. Klimis and M. Martinelli (eds) L’Union européenne et la gestion de crises. Aspects civils et militaires. Brussels: Presses universitaires de Bruxelles.
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2007): "Book Review: More than the Break-up of Yugoslavia", Peace, Conflict and Development: An Interdisciplinary Journal 10, March 2007. Available at www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk
• Hanau Santini, Ruth (2007): Addressing threats: European Foreign Policy towards the Middle East,
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2007): The European Union and Learning from Support for Post-Conflict Reform: A Critical Analysis of Macedonia (2001-2005), PhD Thesis. Bradford: Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford.
• Poletti, Arlo (2007): THE EU FOR BRAZIL: A PARTNER TOWARDS A FAIRER GLOBALIZATION’, EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW, 12 (3), pp. 271-285, 2007
• Gibert, Marie (2007): European Engagement in West Africa, in Walter Feichtinger and Gerald Hainzl, Sorting Out the Mess: Wars, Conflicts and Conflict Management, Studien und Berichte zur Sicherheitspolitik, Vienna: Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management, Austrian National Defence Academy, pp. 107-127
• Randazzo, Vincenzo (2007): La condizionalità nel sistema delle preferenze generalizzate della Comunità europea: le recenti innovazioni e i possibili problemi di compatibilità con la normativa dell'OMC (Conditionality in the EC Generalized System of Preferences: recent innovations and WTO compatibility), in: Il diritto dell'Unione europea, no. 3/2007 (forthcoming)
• Jeremias, Gunnar (2007): "We can work it out" Common Non-Proliferation Efforts in the European Union,
• Marchesi, Daniele (2007): “ENP: Between Enlargement and Foreign Policy”, ShiftMag, No. 2, Europe’s Borders, April-June, 2007, p. 18
• Rijks, David (2007): The New Member States and the Pressures for Global Representation, EU-CONSENT Working Paper, presented at “The CFSP: Issues of Representation and Responsibility', Cambridge 27-28 April 2007
• Frappi, Carlo (2007): "Energy Security in the context of EU-Turkish relationship", in P. Raffone and T. Scaramagli (eds.) "Are There New Security Enclosures? Clarifying Security Concepts and Boundaries" SAFE paper, The CIPI Foundation, no.1/2007
• Rijks, David / Whitman, Richard (2007): European Diplomatic Representation in Third Countries: Trends and Options, in: 'Towards a European Foreign Service', European Policy Centre Working Paper, No. 28
• Miskimmon, Alister (2007): Germany and the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, (Basingstoke, Palgrave)
• Miskimmon, Alister (2007): The Limits of Europeanisation: British-German Co-operation within ESDP, CFSP Forum, 5/5: 13-16
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2007): ‘European Policing’? A Critical Analysis of EU Crisis Management Efforts in the Western Balkans, in ASN Conference Proceedings “Globalisation, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts in the Balkans and Its Regional Context”. Belgrade: Forum for Ethnic Relations.
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2006): “EU Police Reform in Macedonia: ‘Learning-by-Doing’?”, CFSP Forum 4(4), July 2006, p. 5-8. Available at www.fornet.info
• Wolff, Sarah (2006): Book Review: Zielonka, J. (2006). Europe as Empire: the nature of the enlarged European Union. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 293p, Graduate Journal of Social Science, vol.3, n°2. (http://www.gjss.nl)
• Miskimmon, Alister / W. E. Paterson (2006): 'Adapting to Europe? German foreign policy, domestic constraints and the limitations of Europeanisation since unification., in Maull, H. W. (eds) (2006) Germany’s Uncertain Power: Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Palgrave.
• Adebahr, Cornelius (2006): Wachstum für Weltgeltung - Die Bedeutung der Lissabonner Strategie für die Europäische Außenpolitik, DGAP-Analyse, November 2006
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2006): EU Police Mission Proxima: Testing the ‘European’ Approach to Building Peace, in A. Nowak (ed.) Civilian Crisis Management: The EU Way. Chaillot Paper No. 90. Paris: European Institute for Security Studies, June 2006, p. 69-86. Available at www.iss-eu.org
• Gibert, Marie (2005): 'The European Foreign Policy: Providing a "Structural" Alternative in a Unipolar World?', CFSP Forum, Vol. 3, Nr. 5, pp. 16-19, September 2005
• Alecu de Flers, Nicole / Regelsberger, Elfriede (2005): The EU and Inter-regional Cooperation, in: Hill, Christopher / Smith, Michael (eds.): International Relations and the European Union, Oxford: 317-342
• Gnedina, Elena (2005): Success and Failure of the EU Policies in Ukraine and Belarus, Eurojournal.org
• Ioannides, Isabelle (2005): Rapporteur’s Report for “Workshop III: Transnational and Global Challenges”, 4th Belgian Inter-University Conference, organised by the Euro-Atlantic Association, in Brussels, 18 March 2005.
• Daniel Dettling / Thomas Gawlitta / Maria Adebahr (2004): EUROMISSION - Neue Perspektiven für das erweiterte Europa, Münster: LIT-Verlag
• Sven Hölscheidt / Adebahr, Cornelius (2004): Die Finanzierung der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP) der Europäischen Union, in: finanzReform 2004/2