TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dieter Mahncke
AU  - Alicia Ambos
AU  - Christopher Reynolds
PY  - 2006
CY  - Bruxelles, Belgium
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783035260663
TI  - European Foreign Policy
T2  - From Rhetoric to Reality?
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0352-6066-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1043917
N2  - There is agreement in political and academic circles that the European Union needs a common foreign and security policy (CFSP). The question is how to move from recognised necessity to practical implementation: from rhetoric to reality. Many efforts have been made, and indeed the creation of a European foreign policy is ‘work in progress’. Bringing together a multinational team of both young researchers and established academics, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of this process, uniquely combining the examination of the foundations, institutions, procedures and obstacles of EU-level foreign policy with an extensive range of case studies exploring European policy ‘on the ground’ in key areas such as the Balkans, Africa or the Middle East.  Of use and interest to students of European politics and the general reader alike, it breaks through the Euro-jargon to provide a clear, accessible and up-to-date account of this unprecedented system of international relations, with a particular focus placed on the questions of why EU member states participate in the CFSP and what impact it enables them to have in geopolitics.
KW  - necessity, implementation, international relations, Europe, Failure, Foreign policy
LA  - English
ER  -