Carlsnaes W., Sjursen H., White B. Contemporary European Foreign Policy

L. : SAGE Publishers, 2004. 278 pp.

This major new book introduces and examines the latest developments in European foreign policy. It provides a complete overview of the ways in which the very nature of foreign policy in Europe has changed and advances new insights into contemporary European foreign policy analysis.
The book is structured around three parts. Part one provides a concise overview of the latest theories and concepts in this growing field of study and research. Part two assembles and reviews a series of contemporary issue areas including security and defense, economic foreign policy, diplomacy, national cooperation, human rights, and sovereignty. Part three mirrors and builds on Part two by providing an applied case study to each of the preceding topics.
Throughout the book the authors address and incorporate both the national and European Union levels of foreign policy and explore the complex interactions between the two.
The result is a book that will be essential reading for all students and researchers seeking a deeper understanding of European foreign policy today and the wider implications for future foreign policy analysis in politics and inteational relations.

Introduction.
Theories and concepts.
Foreign Policy Analysis and the New Europe.
European Foreign Policy.
Conceptualising the Domain.
Analytical dimensions of European foreign policy.
Security and Defence.
Economic Foreign Policy.
Diplomacy.
National Foreign Policy Coordination.
Collective Identity.
Human Rights.
Sovereignty.
Case studies.
Security and Defence.
The EU Police Mission in Bosnia.
Foreign Economic Policy.
The EU and the Mediterranean.
Diplomacy.
The Impact of the EU on its Member States.
National Foreign Policy Coordination.
The Swedish EU Presidency.
Collective Identity.
The Greek Case.
Human Rights.
The Right Foreign Policy for the EU? .
Sovereignty.
EU Intervention in the `Near Abroad'.