「歐洲對外行動處」(EEAS)之研究

Abstract

After the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) was introduced in Maastricht treaty, the EU continues to find a way to enhance its role as an international actor. In order to achieve this, the EU political actors have realized the urgent need to integrate all of the resources of EU external actions. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) and the European External Action Service (EEAS) were given birth under this circumstance in Lisbon treaty. The HR is responsible for the implementation of CFSP and the EEAS will assist HR to fulfill her mandate. According to the Lisbon Treaty, the EEAS enjoys rights to participate in policy programming and implementation under the authority of the HR. With all these competences in hand, the EEAS is considered as an important part of CFSP. This paper will be aiming at the EEAS and will use Institutionalism as its theoretical basis. First of all, it will describe the structure and organization of the EEAS. Second, it will analyze the role of EEAS in policy programming and implementation. Finally, it will assay EEAS’ potential problems, and answer the question that whether the EEAS can strengthen the collective action of CFSP and CSDP effectively.