Ben Tonra is Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign, Security and Defence Policy at the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin

What Tonra does is to set out a number of 'narratives' which attempt to redefine foreign policy in terms of Irish identity….Global Citizen and European Republic is a useful textbook for the many expectant debaters.Bruce Arnold, Irish Independent

• Introduction1. The narrative of the Irish nation2. The narrative of the global citizen3. The narrative of the European Republic4. The narrative of the Anglo American state5. Policy actors and structures: The executive drama6. Policy actors and structures: The democratic coda7. European ambitions and obligations8. Security, defence and neutrality9. Case study: The war in Iraq 200310. Conclusions11. Bibliography

Ben Tonra is Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign, Security and Defence Policy at the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin

What Tonra does is to set out a number of 'narratives' which attempt to redefine foreign policy in terms of Irish identity….Global Citizen and European Republic is a useful textbook for the many expectant debaters.Bruce Arnold, Irish Independent

• Introduction1. The narrative of the Irish nation2. The narrative of the global citizen3. The narrative of the European Republic4. The narrative of the Anglo American state5. Policy actors and structures: The executive drama6. Policy actors and structures: The democratic coda7. European ambitions and obligations8. Security, defence and neutrality9. Case study: The war in Iraq 200310. Conclusions11. Bibliography

Ben Tonra is Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign, Security and Defence Policy at the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin

What Tonra does is to set out a number of 'narratives' which attempt to redefine foreign policy in terms of Irish identity….Global Citizen and European Republic is a useful textbook for the many expectant debaters.Bruce Arnold, Irish Independent

• Introduction1. The narrative of the Irish nation2. The narrative of the global citizen3. The narrative of the European Republic4. The narrative of the Anglo American state5. Policy actors and structures: The executive drama6. Policy actors and structures: The democratic coda7. European ambitions and obligations8. Security, defence and neutrality9. Case study: The war in Iraq 200310. Conclusions11. Bibliography