European Foreign Policy: Fields, Practices and Actors

Abstract

This panel explores questions related to the development of and changes to European diplomatic practices, in particular regarding EU external relations in the post-Lisbon era. Theoretically, the panel brings together papers that draw upon practice theory, organizational theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Europeanization in order to shed light of crucial aspects of EU foreign policy making. Empirically, the papers in this panel cover issues such as the tensions between EU energy governance and energy diplomacy, EU-Ukraine relations and other international organizations, and the EU’s responses to the Arab spring.

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Energy Governance or Diplomacy? Conflicting Practices in EU External Energy Policy	View Paper Details
The Practices of the Quasi-Diplomatic Field of International Bureaucracies: The Relations between the EU and International Organisations in Ukraine	View Paper Details
Explaining European Foreign Policy: Institutional Legacies, EU Structures and Domestic Strategies	View Paper Details
European Foreign Policy Practice and the Problem of Change: What to Make of the EU’s Responses to the Arab Spring?	View Paper Details