The EU as a Foreign Policy Actor
The primary goal of this theme is the analysis of the role played by European institutions at various levels of governance - international, regional, national and local - in the area of foreign and security policy.
It further considers the division of tasks at the various levels and the cooperation (or lack thereof) between levels and institutions. It includes a consideration of the EU’s security partnerships with international organizations (UN & OSCE) and important nation-states, such as the United States, Russia and China. It also includes a consideration of how the EU supports multilateral approaches to security, with a focus on the future viability of the multilateral partnership with NATO.
Staff
Prof. Roberta N. Haar
- Theme Coordinator
Dr. Wolfgang Giernalczyck
Dr. Catherine Lo
Cihan Erkli
Highlighted publications
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Haar, R. (2019). The Limits of Trump’s Peace Through Strength Foreign Policy. Elsevier Weekblad. https://www.ewmagazine.nl/americandreamers/achtergrond/2019/03/the-limits-of-trumps-peace-through-strength-foreign-policy-694500/More information about this publication
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Giernalczyk, W. (2018). The development of the multilateral trade regime: exploring institutional change. [Doctoral Thesis, Maastricht University]. ProefschriftMaken Maastricht. https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20181218wgMore information about this publication
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Haar, R., Christiansen, T., Lange, S., & Vanhoonacker - Kormoss, S. (Eds.) (2021). The Making of European Security Policy: Between Institutional Dynamics and Global Challenges. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032335More information about this publication
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Lo, C., & Thomas, N. (2018). The Macrosecuritization of Antimicrobial Resistance in Asia. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 72(6), 567-583 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2018.1534939More information about this publication
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Haar, R., & Duke, S. (2014). A Reassessment of Transatlantic Security: Europe, The United States and NATO. In R. Tiersky, & E. Jones (Eds.), Europe Today: A Twenty-First Century Introduction (Fifth ed., pp. 417-446). Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc..More information about this publication
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Haar, R., & Pierce, J. J. (2021). Foreign Policy Change from an Advocacy Coalition Framework Perspective. International Studies Review, 23(4), 1771-1791. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viab044More information about this publication
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Haar, R., & Krebs, L. F. (2019). The Failure of Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs in the Trump Administration. Web publication/site, American Political Science Association Preprints. https://doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2019-r159wMore information about this publication
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Lo, C. (2022). Taiwan Flashpoint in the Indo-Pacific Region: ’Russian’ lessons for Xi Jinping? Atlantisch Perspectief, (2), 32-37. https://atlantische-commissie-s3-bucket.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/02105956/10-Artikel-6.pdfMore information about this publication
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Lo, C. (2022). Escaping the “realist trap”: Taiwan’s participation in global health governance under the one-China principle. In Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises (pp. 111-123). Amsterdam University Press.More information about this publication
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Lo, C. (2022). The coronavirus as the “final straw” of the performative legitimacy? A new economic model in the post-COVID-19 era. In Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises (pp. 217-230). Amsterdam University Press.More information about this publication
Funding
MWoE
- Support a conference at the UM Brussels Campus on 21 March 2019
- With Sophie Vanhoonacker, Thomas Christiansen, Sabine Lange
MWoE/Studio Europa
- Preparing policy briefs
- With Petar Petrov, Prof. Sophie Vanhoonacker and Gergana Noutcheva
MWoE/Studio Europa
- Forming a strategic consortia to fund one month’s salary for two researchers
- Together with: Petar Petrov
Horizon Europe
A € 3M project consisting of 9 partner institutions with some 20+ researchers, which will be led by Maastricht University starting 1 March 2023. The project will create knowledge that generates policy recommendations that support the EU in re-conceptualizing multilateral governance in four crucial policy areas: digital, health bio, security and defense, and financial technologies. The project will be managed by a team at FSE and within the UCM research theme The EU as a Foreign Policy Actor.
Networks and partnerships
- University College Academic Network The Netherlands (UCANN), Founding Member
- International Studies Association (ISA)
- Maastricht Centre for Human Rights (MCHR)
- Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG)
- European International Studies Association (EISA)
- Women In International Security (WIIS)
- European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
- Netherlands American Studies Association (NASA)
- European Association for American Studies (EAAS)
- Transatlantic Study Association (TSA)