How much is the fish? When foreign policy meets fishing interests in the EU’s Arctic endeavour

2020 ◽  
pp. 004711782092091
Author(s):  
Andreas Raspotnik ◽  
Andreas Østhagen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Snow Crab ◽  
Policy Actor ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Fisheries Policy ◽  
External Dimension ◽  
The Eu

This article explores the interaction between European Union (EU) foreign policy and the external dimension of fisheries policy in a specific case: a dispute over snow crab fisheries around the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard. We do two things: first, we examine a specific case that concerns both EU foreign policy and fisheries policy in order to understand the workings of the EU regarding these two policy domains. Second, we connect the dots between the EU’s external fisheries policy and the EU as a foreign policy actor in general, examining how intra-institutional dynamics matter when studying policy and its related developments in Brussels. This analysis of the snow-crab dispute between the EU and Norway illustrates how a relatively minor issue in fisheries policies is also relevant to the study of the foreign policy of the EU, and more generally for the links between foreign policy and fisheries as a nexus that is increasingly relevant in international politics.

19. Principles in European Union Foreign Policy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene Sjursen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Common Good ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Policy Actor ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Internal Constitution ◽  
The Eu

This chapter examines the normative principles underlying the European Union's foreign policy and whether there are inconsistencies therein. Drawing on a distinction between the principles of sovereignty, human rights, and a common good, the chapter challenges the notion that the EU is a distinctive foreign policy actor. Each of these principles points to a different perspective on how international politics should be organized, and each would take the EU's foreign policy in different directions. The chapter shows that the unresolved tensions in the EU's internal constitution, between its cosmopolitan vocation and the ambition of (EU) nation building, are also reflected in the EU foreign policy.

scholarly journals Migration issues in the EU’s common foreign and security policy – selected aspects

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dubowski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Eu

In the discussion on the EU migration policy, it is impossible to evade the issue of the relation between this policy and the EU foreign policy, including EU common foreign and security policy. The subject of this study are selected links between migration issues and the CFSP of the European Union. The presented considerations aim to determine at what levels and in what ways the EU’s migration policy is taken into account in the space of the CFSP as a diplomatic and political (and subject to specific rules and procedures) substrate of the EU’s external action.

MANAGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CROSS-BORDER PROJECTS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES AS A PROSPECT OF INTEGRATION FOR UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Marta Sydoruk
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
European Neighbourhood Policy ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Visegrad Group ◽  
The Eu

The present study aims to analyze the development of the European Neighbourhood Policy as a concept of relations between Ukraine and the European Union (EU). The paper starts with an overview of the Ukraine-EU relations and the outline of Ukraine’s reasons for seeking closer ties with the European Union. This article introduces shaping the Eastern dimension of the EU foreign policy as a result of cooperation with the European Union and enhancing of the European Neighbourhood Policy financial instruments.

scholarly journals Contemporary Policy Challenges Identity in the EU

2021 ◽  
Vol 107 (7) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Lyubov Fadeeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
European Identity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Politics Of Memory ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Main Emphasis ◽  
European Values ◽  
The Eu

The author of the article attempts to use the theories of the European identity, memory politics, identity politics by placing them in the context of the European (international) security. The author considers it fundamentally important to pay attention not so much to the threats to European identity, but to how identity is used to legitimize foreign policy of the European Union. The article highlights such perspectives of this problem as the confrontation inside the EU on the politics of memory and identity and the justification of the EU foreign policy towards Russia by the need to protect the European identity and European values. The author uses the discourse-analysis and identity research methods. The main emphasis is placed on the competitiveness of identity politics and the possibilities of using it for political purposes, to legitimize solutions to ensure the security of the European Union and the world as a whole.

scholarly journals Why study EU foreign policy at all? A response to Keuleers, Fonck and Keukeleire

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hylke Dijkstra ◽  
Sophie Vanhoonacker
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy System ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Normative Message ◽  
The Eu

In an important article on the state of European Union (EU) foreign policy research, Keuleers, Fonck and Keukeleire show that academics excessively focus on the study of the EU foreign policy system and EU implementation rather than the consequences of EU foreign policy for recipient countries. While the article is empirical, based on a dataset of 451 published articles on EU foreign policy, the normative message is that it is time to stop ‘navel-gazing’ and pay more attention to those on the receiving end of EU foreign policy. We welcome this contribution, but wonder why certain research questions have been privileged over others. We argue that this has primarily to do with the predominant puzzles of the time. We also invite Keuleers, Fonck and Keukeleire to make a theoretical case for a research agenda with more attention to outside-in approaches. We conclude by briefly reflecting on future research agendas in EU foreign policy.

scholarly journals CUESTIONES BIOLÓGICAS Y ECONÓMICAS PARA EXPLICAR CIERTAS INCONGRUENCIAS DE LA POLÍTICA PESQUERA DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Fernando González -Laxe
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Fishery Policy ◽  
Fisheries Policy ◽  
External Dimension ◽  
Resources Conservation ◽  
The Eu

La Comisión Europea en su documento “Comunicación de la Comisión relativa a una consulta sobre las posibilidades de pesca” [COM (2011) 298 final] confirma la verdadera complejidad y los problemas en lo tocante a la efectividad de los resultados referentes a la gestión pesquera, cuando afirma “el hecho de pescar en exceso supone que las capturas se realizan demasiado pronto, que la pesca capturada es demasiada pequeña, y que además se consume demasiado combustible”. El informe presentado en mayo del 2010, sobre las posibilidades de pesca en aguas de la Unión Europea (UE) para 2011, refrenda la falta de éxito de las medidas puestas en marcha desde que se aprobara la nueva reforma de la Política Pesquera Comunitaria (PPC). Dicha documentación ha sido complementada con nuevos informes de la UE en los que amplían los argumentos para abordar nuevas reformas, i.e., las relativas a las propuestas legislativas para el Reglamento Base de la PPC [COM (2011) 425 final] y para la Política de Mercados [COM (2011) 416 final]; junto a una comunicación sobre la Dimensión externa de la PPC [COM (2011) 424 final], y un informe sobre aspectos de los reglamentos que afectan a la conservación de recursos, acceso dentro de las 12 millas, la sostenibilidad y el ajuste de la capacidad pesquera [COM (2011) 418 final]. El trabajo que se expone vincula las razones del fracaso de la política pesquera a la luz de los modelos bioeconómicos y enfatiza sobre las acciones que se llevan a cabo para garantizar el lograr alcanzar los objetivos previstos para el año 2015, tal y como lo habían suscrito los Estados Miembros de la UE en la Cumbre del Desarrollo Sostenible, celebrada en Johannesburgo. Biological and economical issues that explain contradictory fisheries politics in the European Union The document of the European Commission entitled “Communication from the Commission concerning a consultation on Fishing Opportunities” [COM (2011) 298 final] confirms the actual complexity and the problems regarding fisheries management, when it declares “the fact of overfishing assumes that the catches are made too soon, that catch size is too small, and also that too much fuel is consumed”. The May 2010 report on the feasibility for fishing in waters of the European Union (EU) for 2011, confirms the failure of the implemented measures since the approval of the new reform of the Communitary Fishery Policy (CFP). This documentation has been completed with new reports from the EU in which arguments to undertake new reforms are broaden, i.e., those related to the legislation proposals for the Base Regulation of the CFP [COM (2011] 425 final) and for the Market Policy [COM (2011) 416 final]; together with a communication on External Dimension of the CFP (COM(2011) 424 final); and an report on the aspects on regulation that affect resources conservation, access within 12 miles, sustainability, and the adjustment of the Fishing Capacity [COM (2011) 418 final]. This paper links the reasoning for the failure of the fisheries policy on the basis of bio-economical models, and underlines the actions underway for guaranteeing the objectives for the year 2015, as agreed by the States Members of the EU in the Sustainable development summit held in Johannesburg.

scholarly journals European Union and NATO: Transforming the transatlantic partnership

2003 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofija Siriski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Response Force ◽  
Rogue States ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
The Us ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Eu

Constructive and cooperative European Union and NATO relations are very important for global stability. But today transatlantic relation are in crisis and there is some evidence that the growing number of the disputes, including over Iraq, the Israel-Palestine conflict, dealing with "rogue states" and terrorism, are having a major impact on European foreign and security policy, and even the process of European integration. NATO adapted well after the end of the Cold War but since September 11th, however, NATO has faced something of an existential crisis. The US chose to fight the Afghan and Iraq war largely on its own, alongside European allies. Many American are stressing that NATO can only remain relevant if it is prepared and able to tackle pressing international terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. To safeguard NATO's future role the US has proposed that the European allies should help to develop a Rapid Response Force inside NATO. It wants the EU to provide troops that would be able to operate alongside America's forces. European, meanwhile, have their own set of concerns. The EU has no concept of how to deal with the world's only superpower. Too often there is a preference for bilateral as opposed to EU channels, and because of that the EU urgently needs a security strategy. The lack of a coherent EU foreign policy also inhibits the ability of the EU and if the Europeans can build a more coherent foreign policy, the US will have a greater interest in listening to what they say. EU leaders also need to assess the suitability of the EU's military doctrine and institutions for the challenges it faces. The transformation of transatlantic co-operation requires changes on both sides. Differences between the US and Europe exist but they should not be exaggerated. What is needed is to broaden the transatlantic dialogue to include the critical security challenges for both sides.

Emotions and EU foreign policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-304
Author(s):  
Karen E Smith
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Foreign Policy Analysis ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
The Eu

Abstract This article assesses the role that emotions play in European Union foreign policy-making. EU decision-making has often been depicted as technocratic and ‘de-dramatized’, yet there are still situations in which emotions can affect the process and outcomes of foreign policy decision-making. Using examples of the EU's responses to crises in Ukraine and Myanmar, the article illustrates that emotions can motivate the taking of particular decisions at particular times. Further, the EU expresses emotions in its foreign policy communications, although its use of emotional diplomacy may not be accompanied by substantive action appropriate to the emotions expressed, thus revealing the existence of an emotions–action gap. The ‘emotional turn’ in foreign policy analysis can open up new directions for research in EU foreign policy, and the conclusion considers other promising avenues for researching emotions and EU foreign policy.

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