EU foreign policy experiences unprecedented turbulences that put key achievements of the European integration project at risk. Externally, the EU’s global environment is characterized by the reconfiguration of power, growing divisions, and the contestation of established liberal order. Simultaneously, the EU’s neighbourhood is increasingly conflict-prone and unstable, triggering migration flows and the proliferation of illiberal values. Domestically, the EU faces severe internal conflicts, marked by austerity, Brexit, growing nationalism, populism and new protectionism. COST Action ENTER aims to improve our understanding of central properties of EU foreign policy in light of these new realities, focusing on perceptions, communication, contestation. In today’s world, the success of EU foreign policy depends on the EU’s ability to instantaneously respond to stimuli and pressures originating from both the international and the intra-EU levels. Linking internal and external policy dynamics, the Action has a strong potential for breakthrough scientific developments. A central objective of the action is to derive theoretically informed, policy-relevant advice for the EU’s strategic approach to its international relations, its communication, and for dealing with the interaction between internal and external challenges. It will generate a step change in how the new realities of EU foreign policy are theorized and addressed. This will be achieved by establishing multi-national, multidisciplinary collaborations at the nexus of policy fields and research communities that have not sufficiently communicated in the past. Substantive efforts to bridge between the academic-practitioner divide are made, to synthesize knowledge, facilitate shared understandings, and inform EU foreign policy. Photo credits: Banner – Claus Völker
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COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 11 / May 2022 – “Scoping the Ambassadorial Potential of the EU’s Global Gateway” By Zane Šime27/05/2022 - 10:38 am
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 11 / May 2022 – “Scoping the Ambassadorial Potential of the EU’s Global Gateway” By Zane Šime This policy brief discusses the underexploited capacity […]
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 10 / February 2022 – “The EU’s Military Engagement in Africa: Reality and the Way Forward“ by Sergio Luiz Cruz Aguilar11/02/2022 - 3:57 am
Short summary: This policy brief focuses on the EU’s military missions and operations in African countries. It presents recommendations regarding EU policy commitments and practices within the security sector in Africa. Long […]
Contestation and Politicization of European Foreign and Security Cooperation: New realities or same old routine?, edited by Katja Biedenkopf, Oriol Costa & Magdalena Góra15/11/2021 - 5:26 am
Contestation and politicisation are two concepts of increasing relevance to European foreign and security policy (CFSP) scholars and practitioners alike. However, reasonable doubts can be raised as regards this growing […]
The European Union and Global Development: A Rights-based Development Policy? by Johanne Døhlie Saltnes31/10/2021 - 1:32 pm
This book systematically analyses the EU’s commitment to a human rights-based approach to development through the lens of global justice theory. It identifies limits to the EU’s approach and discusses […]
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 9 / October 2021 – “The End of Expansion? The Arctic Council after Estonia’s Failed Bid for Observer Status” by Stefan Kirchner21/10/2021 - 11:27 pm
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 9 / October 2021 – “The End of Expansion? The Arctic Council after Estonia’s Failed Bid for Observer Status” by Stefan Kirchner This policy […]
Failing forward in the EU’s common security and defense policy: the integration of EU crisis management by Julian Bergman & Patrick Müller26/08/2021 - 1:30 am
Recent years have witnessed renewed efforts to advance integration in the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), including in the domain of military and civilian capability development. The adoption […]
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