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Taylor & Francis The European External Action Service and National Foreign Ministries Convergence or Divergence? 2015 Edition by Rosa Balfour, Caterina Carta, Kristi Raik
Based on extensive empirical work by a cross-European group of researchers, this book assesses the impact of the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) on the national foreign policy-making processes and institutions of the EU member states. As such, the contributions cover both the involvement of the national diplomatic and foreign policy actors in shaping the outlook of the EEAS and its mission, as well as the changes (or not) it has produced for those actors of the member states. The analysis draws in theoretical frameworks from Europeanization and socialization, but also from intergovernmental frameworks of policy-making within the European Union. An introduction by the editors outlines the issues and trends examined in the book and establishes the theoretical and methodological framework. Split into 2 sections, Part I: EEAS and national diplomacies as part of global and European structures has contributions by Richard Whitman, Rosa Balfour, Christian Lequesne, Caterina Carta and Simon Duke. Part II: National diplomacies shaping and being shaped by the EEAS is covered by Daniel Fiott, Fabien Terpan, Cornelius Adebahr, Andrea Frontini, Ignacio Molina and Alicia Sorroza, Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira, Alena Vysotskaya G. Vieira and Louise van Schaik, Grzegorz Gromadzki, Mark Rhinard, Jakob Lewander and Sara Norrevik, Sabina Kajnc Lange, Ruby Gropas and George Tzogopoulos, Vit Benes and Kristi Raik. This book is much needed, especially in an era when the EU is trying to pull its weight in the international sphere (e.g. Syria, Iran, the Arab Spring, Chinese relations and emerging powers) but also at a time when the EU is trying to recalibrate its institutional structure in light of the current financial predicaments and questions on the democratic legitimacy of the European project. Table of contents :- IntroductionRosa Balfour, Caterina Carta and Kristi RaikPart I: The EEAS and National Diplomacies as Part of Global and Eruopean Structures1. Europe's Changing Place in the World and Challenes to European DiplomacyRichard Whitman2. Change and Continuity: A Decade of Evolution of EU Foreign Policy and the Creation of the European External Action ServiceRosa Balfour3. At the Centre of Coordination: Staff, Resources and Procedures in the European External Action Service and in the DelegationsChristian Lequesne4. Inside the European External Action Service's Institutional Sinews: An Institutional and Organizational AnalysisCaterina Carta and Simon DukePart II: National Diplomacies Shaping and Being Shaped by the EEAS5. 'Our Man in Brussels'. The UK and the EEAS: Ambivalence and InfluenceDaniel Fiott6. France: Between National Grandeur and the European CommitmentFabien Terpan7. Germany: The Instinctive Integrationist Occassionally Going Intergovernmental Cornelius Adebahr8. Spain and Italy: The 'Europeanization' Strategies of Two Middle PowersAndrea Frontini, Salvador Llaudes, Ignacio Molina and Alicia Sorroza9. Portugal and the Netherlands: Punching Above Their Weight?Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira, Alena Vysotskaya G. Vieira and Louise van Schaik10. Cases of Cautious Optimism: Sweden, Poland and the EEASGrzegorz Gromadzki, Jakob Lewander, Sara Norrevik and Mark Rhinard11. Greece and Slovenia: National Diplomacies with Limited MeansRuby Gropas, Sabina Kajnc Lange and George Tzogopoulos12. The Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland: European Vocation Re-Confirmed?Vit Benes and Kristi RaikConclusions: Adaptation to the EU or to the Changing Global Context?Rosa Balfour, Caterina Carta and Kristi Raik