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 amRecent 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 of a Civilian CSDP Compact (CCC) and the creation of a European Peace Facility (EPF) are prominent examples of recent steps taken towards further integration. […]
The Domestic Challenge to EU Foreign Policy-Making: From Europeanization to de-Europeanization?, edited by Patrick Müller, Karolina Pomorska & Ben Tonra04/07/2021 - 5:35 pmDeveloping a novel conceptualization of ‘de-Europeanisation’, this introduction provides a common theoretical framework to advance our understanding of EU foreign policy-making in times of internal and external challenges. De-Europeanisation relates to situations where EU foreign policy-making runs against the grain of certain Member States’ declared values and interests; where Member States are less willing to […]
De-Europeanisation in European foreign policy-making: assessing an exploratory research agenda by Michael Smith04/07/2021 - 5:00 pmThis Conclusion poses a number of cross-cutting questions, and explores the ways in which the Special Issue has addressed them. The questions are: (1) Is de-Europeanisation in European foreign policy-making simply an ‘internal’ process? (2) Is de-Europeanisation a tactic or a trend? (3) Is de-Europeanisation in European foreign policy-making just ‘politics’? (4) Is de-Europeanisation about […]
The Return of Intergovernmentalism? De-Europeanisation and EU Foreign Policy Decision-making by Daniel C. Thomas04/07/2021 - 4:57 pmThis article develops a theoretical framework for analyzing the implications of de-Europeanisation for decision-making processes and policy outcomes in EU foreign policy. As de-Europeanisation progresses, EU foreign policy decision-making is less likely to fit the sociological theories of Normative Suasion, Policy Learning, Normative Entrapment, and Cooperative Bargaining and more likely to fit the intergovernmentalist theories […]
Resisting domestic and external pressure towards de-Europeanization of foreign policy? The case of Estonia by Kristi Raik & Erle Rikmann04/07/2021 - 4:54 pmUp to 2019, Estonia’s EU policy and foreign policy were based on a strong domestic political consensus. From April 2019 to January 2021, Estonia was led by a government coalition including a Eurosceptic populist party, which brought visible cracks to this consensus. The coalition agreement assured continuity in Estonia’s foreign and EU policies, but the […]
De-Europeanisation of Czech policy towards Eastern Partnership countries under populist leaders by Tomáš Weiss04/07/2021 - 4:51 pmEuropeanisation alters the conduct, content and norms of EU member states’ foreign policies. This has also been true for Czech policy towards Eastern Europe, where the country actively supported EU frameworks and promoted European norms. With the rise of populists, however, the adherence to EU norms and structures has decreased to the extent that makes […]
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