The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy in Germany and the UK

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Nicholas Wright

   Pages 1-36

3. Part I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-39

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   2. From Pusillanimous Realism to Defensive Engagement: Britain’s Changing Relationship with the CFSP

      • Nicholas Wright

      Pages 41-65

   3. Institutional Structures and Processes: British Foreign Policy-Making and the CFSP

      • Nicholas Wright

      Pages 67-86

   4. Winding Up the Machine: How the UK Engages with the CFSP

      • Nicholas Wright

      Pages 87-109

4. Part II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-113

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   2. From Perennial Follower to ‘Reluctant’ Leader? Germany’s Relationship with the CFSP

      • Nicholas Wright

      Pages 115-143

   3. Institutional Structures and Processes: German Foreign Policy-Making and the CFSP

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      Pages 145-164

   4. Emerging Leadership: How Germany Engages with the CFSP

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      Pages 165-191

5. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Countering Proliferation: The Iran Nuclear Negotiations (2002–15)

      • Nicholas Wright

      Pages 195-223

   3. The Establishment of the European External Action Service

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      Pages 225-251

   4. Conclusion

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      Pages 253-267

6. Back Matter

   Pages 269-309

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This book examines the impact on member states of long-term foreign policy co-operation through the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Focusing on Germany and the UK, it provides an up-to-date account of how they have navigated and responded to the demands co-operation places on all member states and how their national foreign policies and policy-making processes have changed and adapted as a consequence. As well as exploring in depth the foreign policy traditions and institutions in both states, the book also offers detailed analyses of how they addressed two major policy questions: the Iranian nuclear crisis; and the establishment and development of the European External Action Service. The book’s synthesis of country and case studies seeks to add to our understanding of the nature of inter-state co-operation in the area of foreign and security policy and what it means for the states involved.

• European Union
• Foreign Policy
• Security Policy
• France
• Germany
• UK
• constructivism
• supranationalist theoretical analysis
• Common Foreign and Security Policy
• supranationalist theorising
• national-level institutions
• realism
• defensive engagement
• EU foreign policy
• foreign policy co-operation
• Brexit
• political and strategic leadership
• NATO
• reflexive multilateralism
• institutional structures and processes
• european union politics

• Department of Political Science, University College London, London, UK

  Nicholas Wright

Nicholas Wright is Teaching Fellow in EU Politics at University College London. He has worked on major EU-focused research projects examining the European Commission and General Secretariat of the Council; has written on a range of British and German foreign policy topics; and contributed to UK parliamentary inquiries on the foreign and defence policy implications of Brexit.

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