Federica Bicchi - European Diplomacy in Practice

European Diplomacy in Practice

This book aims to show practice approaches at work in the fields of European diplomacy and security broadly conceived. It sets out to provide readers with a hands-on sense of where research on social practices and European diplomacy, security and foreign policy currently stands. The book reviews how practice approaches have evolved in International Relations (IR) and brings together an unique set of contributions which highlights how insights from practice approaches can be applied to advance research on a number of key issues in these fields. While the debate about practices in IR goes beyond the case of diplomacy, the latter has become a showcase for the former and this book continues the debate on practices and diplomacy by zooming in on the European Union (EU). Examples of issues covered include the evolution of EU-NATO relations seen from the perspective of communities of practice, burden sharing as an anchoring practice for European states involvement in crisis management operations, the practical knowledge shaping the EUs responses to the Arab uprisings, agency as accomplished in and through EU counter-piracy practices and the political resistance to Israeli occupation and the non-official recognition of Palestine performed by EU diplomats. Thus, by focusing on specific practices and analytical mechanisms that contribute to understand the transformations of European diplomacy, security and foreign policy, this book provides essential readings to anyone interested in innovative ways to grasp the contemporary challenges that face the EU and its member states.

The chapters of this book were originally published as a special issue of European Security.

Federica Bicchi is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics, UK, and parttime professor at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Italy.

Niklas Bremberg is Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and affiliated to the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Interrogating Power, Agency and Change

Edited by

Federica Bicchi and Niklas Bremberg

First published 2018
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Chapter 1 2018 Federica Bicchi and Niklas Bremberg. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 2 2018 Christian Bueger. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 3 2018 Niklas Bremberg. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 6 2018 Nina Grger. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapters 4, 5, 7 & 8 2018 Taylor & Francis

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Contents

The chapters in this book were originally published in European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:

Federica Bicchi and Niklas Bremberg

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 391406

Christian Bueger

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 407422

Niklas Bremberg

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 423441

Frdric Mrand and Antoine Rayroux

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 442460

Federica Bicchi

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 461477

Nina Grger

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 478501

Donoxti Baylon

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 502523

Nicola Chelotti

European Security, volume 25, issue 4 (December 2016) pp. 524541

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Donoxti Baylon is finishing his PhD in Strategy and Organisation Theory from ESSEC Business School, France, and is currently a visiting researcher at the Warwick Business School, UK, by invitation of Professor Davide Nicolini.

Federica Bicchi is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics, UK, and parttime professor at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Italy.

Niklas Bremberg is Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and affiliated to the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Christian Bueger is Reader in International Relations at Cardiff University, Wales.

Nicola Chelotti is Lecturer in Diplomacy and International Governance at Loughborough University London, UK.

Nina Grger is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway, where she was Head of Department from 2008 to 2013. She is also Associate Professor II in International Relations at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences since 2013.

Frdric Mrand is Professor of Political Science and Director of the University of Montral Centre for International Studies (CRIUM), Canada.

Antoine Rayroux is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Concordia University, Canada.

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Federica Bicchi and Niklas Bremberg

ABSTRACT

As the aim of this special issue is to show practice approaches at work in the case of European diplomacy, this introduction provides readers with a hands-on sense of where the conversation about practices and European diplomacy currently stands. By introducing the key terms and overviewing the literature, the article contextualises the guiding questions of the special issue. It starts by reviewing how practice approaches have evolved in IR debates. It then describes European diplomacys nuts and bolts in a post-Lisbon setting. It continues by focusing on specific practices and analytical mechanisms that contribute to understand European diplomacys transformations and the role of security. While the debate about practices goes beyond the case of diplomacy, the latter has become a showcase for the former and this special issue continues the debate on practices and diplomacy by zooming in on the European Union.