The Future of European Foreign Policy

The future of European foreign policy is of vital significance to the developing world order. The failure of US policy in Iraq has underscored the need for Europe to play a constructive global role. Nevertheless, divisions within Europe over the Iraq war and over the future development of the European Union have raised questions about the potential for an effective European foreign policy—whether organized through EU institutions or via individual member states. This book will consider why Europe should assume global responsibilities, how they will be organized institutionally, whether they will be adequate to address pressing regional and security concerns, and how they will reflect the foreign policy interests of Europe’s major powers. It is the intention of this book to cover both thematic and country-specific issues, ranging from Europe’s responsibility as a global actor and EU-NATO relations to the specific influence of Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. The contributors come from across the European Union and represent a mix of established and rising scholars. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

1. Guest Editorial: the Future of European Foreign Policy Erik Jones and Saskia van Genugten 2. The Long Legacy of Dorian Gray: Why the European Union Needs to Redefine its Role in Global Affairs Hartmut Mayer 3. The Future of EU-NATO Relations: a Case of Mutual Irrelevance Through Competition? Simon Duke 4. The Construction of Ambiguity and the Limits of Attraction: Europe and its Neighbourhood Policy Geoffrey Edwards 5. The European Union's Accession Negotiations with Turkey from a Foreign Policy Perspective Meltem Muftuler-Bac 6. Enduring Differences? France, Germany and Europe's Middle East Dilemma Timo Behr 7. Inside Out: the External Face of EU Internal Security Policy Wyn Rees 8. Towards a Common EU Immigration Policy: a Securitization Too Far Robert Dover 9. Germany and the Art of Coalition Building Hanns W. Maull 10. European Foreign Policy: the End of French Europe? Bastien Irondelle 11. Italian Foreign Policy: Domestic Politics, International Requirements and the European Dimension Filippo Andreatta 12. Atlantic Dreams and European Realities: British Foreign Policy After Iraq Frederick Hood