The Trade-Security Nexus in EU External Action: A Practice Approach (Contributions to International Relations)

Acknowledgements
Contents
Acronyms
1 Introduction
	1.1 Trade and Security in EU External Relations
	1.2 Practice Theory and International Relations Theory
		1.2.1 Defining Practices
		1.2.2 Practices, Meaning and Reason-Giving
		1.2.3 Agency and Structure
	1.3 Conceptualising the Trade-Security Nexus as a Nexus of Practices
	1.4 Reconstructing Practices
2 Reconstructing the Trade-Security Nexus in EU External Action as a Nexus of Practices
	2.1 Institutional Aspects
		2.1.1 Trade and Security in the History European Integration
		2.1.2 The Lisbon Treaty Reforms and EU External Action
	2.2 DG Trade and the EEAS: Different Bureaucratic Cultures?
		2.2.1 Defining Bureaucratic Culture
		2.2.2 Bureaucratic Autonomy
		2.2.3 Interview Results: Bureaucratic Culture
	2.3 Discursive Evidence of Practices: Documents and Interviews
		2.3.1 The Trade-Security Nexus in Key Strategy Documents
		2.3.2 Interview Results: Trade Policy in EU External Action
	2.4 Trade Policy and Foreign and Security Policy: Practical Interactions
	2.5 Conclusion
3 The EU Trade-Security Nexus and the Ukraine Crisis
	3.1 EU Trade Interests Towards Ukraine
	3.2 EU Foreign and Security Policy Interests Vis-À-Vis Ukraine
		3.2.1 Ukraine as the Key State in the EaP
		3.2.2 Lack of Geopolitical Awareness?
	3.3 The Interplay of EU Trade and Security Policy Practices
	3.4 Conclusion
4 The EU Trade-Security Nexus in EU-ASEAN Relations
	4.1 EU Trade and Economic Interests in Southeast Asia
		4.1.1 Economic Interests and ASEAN’s Centrality
		4.1.2 Losing Out on Competitors
		4.1.3 From Interregional to Bilateral Negotiations
		4.1.4 Trade Versus Non-trade Objectives
	4.2 EU Foreign and Security Policy Interests in Southeast Asia
		4.2.1 Regional Stability
		4.2.2 Human Rights and Democratic Standards
		4.2.3 The South China Sea and Sea Lines of Communication
	4.3 Conclusion
5 Conclusion
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