The European External Action Service

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: The EEAS as a Catalyst of Diplomatic Innovation; Jozef Batora and David Spence 1. Theorizing the EU's Diplomatic Service: Rational Player or Social Body?; Rebecca Adler-Nissen PART I: THE NEW SETTING OF EU DIPLOMACY: problems and Prospects for the European External Action Service 2. The EEAS and its epistemic communities: the challenge of hybridism; David Spence 3. A hybrid service: organising efficient EU foreign policy; Cesare Onestini 4. The High Representative of the Union: the quest for leadership in EU foreign policy; Niklas Helwig 5. The Advance of a European Executive Order in Foreign Policy? Recruitment Practices in the European External Action Service (EEAS); Zuzana Murdoch and Jarle Trondal 6. The EEAS, EU External Assistance and Development Aid: Institutional Dissonance or Inter-service Harmony?; Isabelle Tannous 7. Democratic accountability and EU diplomacy: the EEAS and the role of the European Parliament; Kolja Raube PART II: THE EEAS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 8. Unus inter plures? The EEAS, the Vienna Convention and international diplomatic practice; Jan Wouters and Sanderijn Duquet 9. EU Law and the EEAS: Of Complex Competences and Constitutional Consequences; Geert De Baere and Ramses A. Wessel PART III: EFFECTIVE MULTILATERALISM: EU DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 10. The EU Delegation in New York: A Debut in High Political Drama; Katie Laatikainen 11. From the Convention to Lisbon: external competence and the uneasy transition for Geneva Delegations; David Spence 12. Effective multilateralism after Lisbon: the added value of the EEAS and the EU delegation in Vienna; Lars Erik Lundin PART IV: BILATERALISM and EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC CAPACITY 13. National adaptation and survival in a changing European diplomacy; Rosa Balfour and Kristi Raik 14. Europe in America: an upgraded EU delegation in a reinforced system of European diplomatic coordination; Heidi Maurer 15. Representing the EU in China: European Bilateral Diplomacy in a Competitive Diplomatic Environment; Frauke Austermann 16. Structural Diplomacy and foreign policy: the Case of the EU Delegation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bruno Hanses and David Spence PART V: ORGANIZING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DIPLOMATIC APPROACH 17. The EEAS and Crisis Management: the Organisational Challenges of a Comprehensive Approach; Allison Weston and Frederic Merand 18. The Public Diplomacy Role of the EEAS: crafting a Resilient Image for Europe; Mai'a K. Davis Cross 19. Towards a EU Consular policy?; Ana Mar Fernandez-Pasarin PART VI: HUMAN RESOURCES AND DIPLOMATIC TRAINING 20. Attitudes, identities and esprit de corps in the EEAS; Ana Juncos and Karolina Pomorska 21. Women in the EEAS: another Post-Westphalia Change?; Tereza Novotna 22. Preparing the Future: Diplomatic Training in the EU; Simon Duke Index