The EEAS and the challenges of multilateral diplomacy

  • Knud Erik Jørgensen Aarhus University
Keywords: EU, EEAS, multilateralism, diplomacy, foreign policy

Abstract

This article focuses on some important challenges in the field of multilateral diplomacy that the EU has to confront after the prominent institutional innovations included in the Treaty of Lisbon, and particularly, the creation of the EEAS. More specifically, ten main challenges arte briefly outlined and critically examined. Moreover, the article focuses deliberately on the instrumental dimensions of the EEAS and multilateral institutions, respectively. This implies that the (unique) legal-institutional features will be downplayed in exchange of a strong focus on the political tasks that will keep the EEAS busy for the foreseeable future.

Published online: 15 April 2016

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Author Biography

Knud Erik Jørgensen, Aarhus University
Jean Monnet Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
Published
2011-04-30
How to Cite
Jørgensen, Knud Erik. 2011. “The EEAS and the Challenges of Multilateral Diplomacy”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 44 (April), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-44-2011pp93-110.