Essays about: "EU´s Common Foreign and Security Policy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words EU´s Common Foreign and Security Policy.
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1. The climate, energy, and external actions nexus - A critical discourse analysis of the EU’s external climate and energy strategy in the emerging geopolitics of renewables
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The energy crisis in Europe has recently highlighted vulnerabilities that experts have recognised for a long time. The EU relies heavily on fossil fuel imports from Russia to supply its citizens with affordable energy. READ MORE
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2. Framing the Advancement of the Russian Enemy : The Extent of the European Union’s Framing of Russia as a Military and Political Threat in the Aftermath of the Annexation of Crimea
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : This study focuses on how important foreign policy crises are interpreted and used to construct images and framing of transnational threats. Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Ukraine 2014, the security order in Europe and within the European Union has been affected in various ways because of how Russia is portrayed as a potential threat. READ MORE
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3. “Who run the world?” : Comparing Sweden’s international behavior before and after the construction of a feminist foreign policy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Viewing Sweden’s feminist foreign policy as a paradigmatically feminist and isolated case of domestic identity formulation, this thesis poses the following research question: to what extent does rapid identity construction affect state behavior? It assumes that a feminist state (en)genders the security concept and establishes interests in promoting (en)gendered security – which denotes the positive peace effects from female participation and protection – as an international security norm and thereby gain utility, security and legitimacy. Its constructivist hypothesis claims that the feminist identity has increased Sweden’s international promotion of (en)gendered security. READ MORE
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4. A humble servant or an agenda-setter? The role(s) of the European External Action Service as chair of Council Working Groups on EU´s Common and Foreign Policy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since 2010, the EU`s External Action Service (EEAS) is the permanent chair of the Council working groups on the EU´s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), thus terminating the procedural rule of EU member states alternatingly holding the presidency of such working groups for a period of sixmonths. This thesis aims therefore at exploring the consequences of the EEAS taking over the chairmanship of CFSP Council working groups, with special focus on the bearing it has had on EU Member states´ abilities to influence decisions taken in such areas. READ MORE
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5. Is the European Union speaking with one voice in Brussels, Vienna and Strasbourg? - The EU at the OSCE and the Council of Europe during the Ukraine crisis
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The European Union has increasingly engaged in formulating a common foreign policy, an aim that has been reinforced through the Lisbon Treaty and the European Security Strategy of 2003. The EU puts considerable effort into coordinating the member states’ positions also in other international fora in order to “speak with one voice” on all occasions. READ MORE
