Everyday Making of EU Foreign and Security Policy

Niklas Bremberg, Associate Professor, Stockholm University, August Danielson, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Elsa Hedling, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Lund University and Anna Michalski, Associate Professor, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden

‘This is a fascinating and insightful text which reveals many of the underpinnings of EU foreign policy practice at multiple institutional levels. Its added value is to flesh out the “practice turn” in the analysis of EU foreign policy and the interplay between EU and member state diplomats, civil servants and military personnel. It's an essential addition to any bookshelf on European foreign policy.’

• Contents: Preface PART I HISTORY OF EUROPEAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES1. The everyday making of EU foreign and security policy Niklas Bremberg, August Danielson, Elsa Hedling and Anna Michalski 2. European foreign and security policy in the making: a historical overview Anna Michalski 3. Contending theories of European foreign policy integration Anna Michalski4. Communities of practice and the everyday making of EU foreign and security policy Niklas Bremberg and August Danielson PART II THE EVERYDAY MAKING OF EUROPEAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS 5. Council Working Groups: communities,hierarchies and the management of contestation August Danielson 6. The Political and Security Committee: practices and persuasion August Danielson 7. The European External Action Service: a melting pot of EU foreign policy practice Elsa Hedling 8. Diplomatic practices beyond Brussels: the EU delegations and the coordination of EU foreign and security policy Anna Michalski 9. EU missions and operations: practices of learning lessonsin the CSDP Niklas Bremberg and Elsa Hedling 10. Conclusion: learning and contestation in EU foreign and security policy Niklas Bremberg, August Danielson, Elsa Hedling and Anna Michalski Bibliography Index