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MULTILEVEL NETWORKS IN EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY

Multilevel Networks in European Foreign Policy

Elke Krahmann

First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing

Reissued 2018 by Routledge
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ISBN 13: 978-1-138-71608-7 (hbk)
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Contents

Guide

European foreign policy has faced a number of transformations over the past decades. Two countervailing trends have influenced the writing of this book. On the one hand, international organizations such as the European Union, NATO and the OSCE have expanded their role in the making of foreign policy in the region. On the other hand, public and private actors at the national and subnational levels increasingly engage directly in European foreign policy through a network of transnational relations. As a consequence, European foreign policy making has become more and more fragmented - both in terms of actors and levels of analysis.

International relations theory has responded to this challenge with increased multilevel theorizing. In particular, two sets of approaches can be discerned. One focusses on the study of the European Union and its member states. It contends that the foreign policy making process of the European Union is unique because of the close linkages between actors at the national and international levels within an ever increasing framework of institutions. Accordingly, the proponents of this approach argue that European foreign policy analysis needs its own distinct multilevel theories, such as policy network analysis. The other set of approaches, which includes transnationalism and the two-level game, perceive the growing fragmentation of foreign policy making capabilities among public and private actors as a general feature of contemporary foreign policy making in North America and Europe and analyses aspects of it, such as international negotiations or transnational linkages, across states and regions.

In Multilevel Networks in European Foreign Policy, I attempt to develop and illustrate the utility of a multilevel theory which seeks to cross both perspectives. Specifically, I argue that European foreign policy cannot be disconnected from its broader international context, such as Europe's relations with the United States and the other international organizations play a crucial role in the definition of foreign policies in Europe. However, I also contend that multilevel theorizing should move beyond the analysis of specific sets of relations, such as transnational linkages or domestic-international influences, towards the integration of the national, transnational and international level within one theoretical framework.

In Multilevel Networks in European Foreign Policy, I seek to demonstrate that the British policy network approach is especially suited for the development of such a multilevel theory of European foreign policy. Notably, the approach has already been successfully applied to the national, transnational and international levels in the study of European decision-making. However, few studies combine all three level of analysis. Moreover, the British policy network approach has been criticised for its lack of testable hypotheses which explain decision-making processes. In this book, therefore, I propose a number of modifications in order to improve the explanatory capabilities of the British policy network approach. Specifically, I suggest combining the approach with rational choice hypotheses concerning the way in which network actors might use their national, transnational and international relations to change each others' foreign policy preferences and thus the outcomes of the European foreign policy process.

I then proceed to test the proposed 'multilevel network theory' in three case studies of European foreign policy decision-making within different contexts. The first case study examines European foreign policy making within the European Union. In particular, it analyses the making of common European export controls on goods with civil and military applications ('dual-use'). The second case study investigates the role of the transatlantic community within the European foreign policy decision-making process in the case of air strikes in Bosnia. And the final case study examines the making of national foreign policies in Europe and how they are influenced by the broader European foreign policy network in the example of the British tactical air-to-surface missile project. In the conclusion of this book, I attempt to offer an evaluation of the proposed multilevel network theory and its insights into the multilevel nature of European foreign policy making.

In the writing of this book I have profited from the help of many friends and colleagues to whom I would like to express my gratitude. I am particularly indebted to Prof. William Wallace, Prof. Helga Haftendorn, Prof. Margot Light and Prof. John Peterson who provided valuable comments and criticism. I also would like to thank the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, the German Academic Exchange Service, the British Council and the ESRC who funded my research.

• BDI Federation of German Industries
• CDU Christian Democratic Union
• CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy
• CND Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
• COCOM Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
• CSCE Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• CSU Christian Social Union
• DGB German Labour Union Association
• DIHT German Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• DTI Department of Trade and Industry
• EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
• EC European Community
• EDIG European Defence Industry Group
• EEC European Economic Community
• EU European Union
• FDP Free Democratic Party
• INF Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
• MoD Ministry of Defence
• MPs Members of Parliament
• NACC North Atlantic Cooperation Council
• NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NPG Nuclear Planning Group

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