The European External Action Service: European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: The EEAS as a Catalyst of Diplomatic Innovation....Pages 1-16
Theorising the EU’s Diplomatic Service: Rational Player or Social Body?....Pages 17-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
The EEAS and Its Epistemic Communities: The Challenges of Diplomatic Hybridism....Pages 43-64
A Hybrid Service: Organising Efficient EU Foreign Policy....Pages 65-86
The High Representative of the Union: The Quest for Leadership in EU Foreign Policy....Pages 87-104
The Advance of a European Executive Order in Foreign Policy? Recruitment Practices in the European External Action Service....Pages 105-122
The EEAS, EU External Assistance and Development Aid: Institutional Dissonance or Inter-service Harmony?....Pages 123-139
Democratic Accountability and EU Governance: The EEAS and the Role of the European Parliament....Pages 140-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Unus inter plures? The EEAS, the Vienna Convention and International Diplomatic Practice....Pages 159-174
EU Law and the EEAS: Of Complex Competences and Constitutional Consequences....Pages 175-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The EU Delegation in New York: A Debut of High Political Drama....Pages 195-218
From the Convention to Lisbon: External Competence and the Uneasy Transition for Geneva Delegations....Pages 219-240
Effective Multilateralism After Lisbon: The Added Value of the EEAS and the EU Delegation in Vienna....Pages 241-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
National Adaptation and Survival in a Changing European Diplomacy....Pages 257-273
An Upgraded EU Delegation in a Reinforced System of European Diplomatic Coordination: Insights from Washington....Pages 274-287
Representing the EU in China: European Bilateral Diplomacy in a Competitive Diplomatic Environment....Pages 288-305
The EEAS and Bilateral Relations: The Case of the EU Delegation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....Pages 306-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
The EEAS and Crisis Management: The Organisational Challenges of a Comprehensive Approach....Pages 323-340
The Public Diplomacy Role of the EEAS: Crafting a Resilient Image for Europe....Pages 341-355
Towards an EU Consular Policy?....Pages 356-369
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Attitudes, Identities and the Emergence of an esprit de corps in the EEAS....Pages 373-391
Women in the EEAS and EU Delegations: Another Post-Westphalia Change?....Pages 392-402
Diplomatic Training in the European Union....Pages 403-418
Back Matter....Pages 419-427