Common European Foreign Research Articles

POLAND AND HER RELATION TO THE EUROPEAN FOREIGN COMMON POLICY AND THE DEFENCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Together with the effect of the Treaty with Maastricht one called into being II the pillar of the European Union - the Common Foreign Policy and Safeties. In 1999 together with the implementation of the Amsterdam Treaty , one began to initiate European Security policy and Defenses which became define in the Treaty Reforming. Initial Poland was skeptically disposed to that policy, considering that a guarantor of the safety in Europe is NATO. Some time later the optics of the perception EPBiO underwent change. The relation of our country changed to the reference to the foreign policy and the safety into the moment of the obtainment of the membership into the European Union. At present Poland launches out into civil missions and the crisis management led (driven) within the framework of this policy by the European Union. An aim (target) of the present article is presenting of the creature of the Common European Foreign Policy and the Defense. Particularly the author assembled on tracing of history and the change of the relation of Poland to this policy and also to the proof of essential positive elements as and negative aspects of the Common European Foreign Policy and the Defense

The Rise of European Security Cooperation. By Seth G. Jones. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 301p. $92.00 cloth, $39.99 paper. - The Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy: Leaders, Cognitions, and Questions of Institutional Viability. By Akan Malici. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 219p. $79.95.

The Rise of European Security Cooperation. By Seth G. Jones. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 301p. $92.00 cloth, $39.99 paper. - The Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy: Leaders, Cognitions, and Questions of Institutional Viability. By Akan Malici. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 219p. $79.95.

One Piece of the Puzzle: Individual Leadership and EU Foreign Policy Development

The Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy: Leaders, Cognitions, and Questions of Institutional Viability. Edited by Akan Malici. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 219 pp, $79.95 hardcover (ISBN: 978-0230604469). The slow evolution of a Common Foreign & Security Policy (CFSP) is often attributed to diverging national interests and identities, the transatlantic divide or the EU's emphasis on civil power. For all those who are in search of alternative explanations for the gradual evolution of the EU's CFSP beyond statist or institutionalist approaches, Akan Malici's book delivers a complementary theory stressing the cognitive strategic propensities of individual leaders. It seeks to overcome some of the perceived shortcomings of traditional comparative European Foreign Policy Analysis by incorporating insights from political psychology, which could explain the “black box” of individual decision-making, and challenges conventional invariant models of state behavior (p. 20). In the introduction, the author introduces the reader to the idea of political leadership in the context of European security integration, provides an intergovernmental account of the evolution of CFSP, and lays out the structure of his book. Chapter 2 presents his “cognitive theory of institutional viability,” which is based on the fundamental understanding that “institutions are human constructions” (p. 17) and that intergovernmental institutions, as in the case of the CFSP, are subject to governmental leadership-agency rather than the established institutional structure, thus reflecting a larger trend in institutional research. Malici then proposes his concept of decision-making bodies as “shared mental models” (p. 18), predicated upon previous work by political psychologists who advocate the existence …

Civil society, cosmopolitics and the net: The legacy of 15 February 2003

The global demonstrations on 15 February 2003 against the impending invasion of Iraq were on an unprecedented scale, and generated a great deal of commentary and debate. One response was that of Jürgen Habermas, supported by Jacques Derrida, who in an article entitled, ‘February 15, or What Binds Europeans Together: A Plea for a Common European Foreign Policy, Beginning in the Core of Europe’, suggests the events may be a ‘sign of the birth of a European public sphere’ and used the occasion to launch a call for a common European foreign and defence policy. In response to that piece this article questions whether the events of 15 February can really be seen as such a birth date, and argues that what the demonstrations indicate is rather the maturing of a global civil society. The role of technology, specifically the Internet, in the organization and form of the protests is ignored by Habermas in his analysis, and results in a blind spot concerning the events, which misses some of its most important elements. Rather than calling for a common European foreign and defence policy we should be looking towards a ‘double democratization’ on a global scale that reflects the significance of global civil society in the formal structures of a global parliament, and that must address technology as an important element in generating participation and deliberation amongst a global citizenry.

Conference Report - “The (not so) Common European Foreign and Security Policy” – Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law – Heidelberg, Germany, 19-20 September 2003

<i>Conference Report</i> - “The (not so) Common European Foreign and Security Policy” – Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law – Heidelberg, Germany, 19-20 September 2003

Towards a Common European Foreign and Security Policy?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market StudiesVolume 38, Issue 2 p. 189-198 Towards a Common European Foreign and Security Policy? Stanley Hoffmann, Stanley Hoffmann Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Stanley Hoffmann, Stanley Hoffmann Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 16 December 2002 https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5965.00216Citations: 45AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume38, Issue2June 2000Pages 189-198 RelatedInformation

Book Review: The Union and the World: The Political Economy of a Common European Foreign Policy, edited by Alan Cafruny and Patrick Peters. (Kluwer Law International, London, Boston and The Hag

Book Review: <i>The Union and the World: The Political Economy of a Common European Foreign Policy</i>, edited by Alan Cafruny and Patrick Peters. (Kluwer Law International, London, Boston and The Hag