EU foreign policy practices: challenges and opportunities in a changing world

Abstract

Since the very inception of European integration in foreign and security policy more than five decades ago, the European Union has been continuously evolving as an actor in international relations. Despite a fast-growing literature on various aspects of the EU's external action, due to the complexity of this policy field in terms of issues and institutions and the changing geopolitical context, understanding the Union's external performance remains both conceptually and empirically challenging. To this end, this panel offers a comprehensive overview of institutional and diplomatic practices in EU foreign and security policy and draws on a range of theoretical and conceptual approaches, from role theory to institutionalist approaches. By looking at different policies and practices, such as digital diplomacy, crisis management, differentiated cooperation through informal groupings, the EU's response to the Russian war in Ukraine and the concept of strategic partnerships, we seek to examine the most pressing issues in EU foreign and security policy to date.

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