Research Handbook on the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: (Research Handbooks in European Law series)

At a critical time for the identity and policy direction of the EU, this Handbook examines the dynamics behind the development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The Handbook includes chapters from renowned scholars that examine the efficacy and visibility of the EU as a diplomatic, military and civilian actor in a turbulent world. The authors’ original contributions address the impact that existing frameworks, structures and procedures have on the effectiveness of the EU as an international actor and consider the legal challenges to the EU's integrated approach to external action. The Research Handbook on the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy brings together scholars from different areas of law (EU and international law) and from the political science field. The interdisciplinary approach makes it essential reading for scholars of law, political science and international relations. Policymakers and all those with an interest in the workings of the EU’s legal services will also find this an insightful resource. Contributors include: S. Blockmans, M. Broberg, M.E. Cañamares, M. Cremona, A. de Ruijter, E. Denza, H. Dijkstra, S. Duke, C. Eckes, D. Fiott, J. Heliskoski, C. Hillion, A.E. Juncos, U. Khaliq, J. Klabbers, T. Konstadinides, P. Koutrakos, D. Mantzari, S. Marquardt, J. Odermatt, A. Ott, A. Skordas, G. Van Der Loo, P. Van Elsuwege, R.A. Wessel

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction Steven Blockmans and Panos Koutrakos Part A The law of CFSP/CSDP 1. The position of CFSP/CSDP in the EU’s constitutional architecture Marise Cremona 2. The institutional framework, legal instruments and decision-making procedures Stephan Marquardt 3. Representing the EU in the area of CFSP: legal and political dynamics Hylke Dijkstra and Peter Van Elsuwege 4. ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’: three levels of judicial control over the CFSP Christophe Hillion and Ramses A. Wessel Part B The practice of CSDP 5. Civilian CSDP missions: ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ Ana E. Juncos 6. Military CSDP operations: strategy, financing, effectiveness Daniel Fiott 7. Responsibility and liability for CSDP operations Joni Heliskoski 8. Capabilities and CSDP: resourcing political will or paper armies Simon Duke 9. Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction Eileen Denza Part C The nexus between CFSP/CSDP and other external policies 10. The law and practice of EU sanctions Christina Eckes 11. The nexus between the CCP and the CFSP: achieving foreign policy goals through trade restrictions and market access Andrea Ott and Guillaume Van der Loo 12. EU development cooperation and the CFSP: mutual encroachment? Morten Broberg 13. The CFSP–humanitarian aid nexus Mireia Estrada Cañamares 14. The nexus between CFSP/CSDP and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Panos Koutrakos 15. European Neighbourhood Policy: CFSP in disguise Steven Blockmans 16. The nexus between Common Foreign and Security Policy and energy policy Theodore Konstadinides and Deni Mantzari 17. The European Union as a cybersecurity actor Jed Odermatt 18. EU external health security policy and law Anniek de Ruijter Part D Reflection on perspectives 19. The European Union as post-national realist power Achilles Skordas 20. Too much, too little, too late? Reflections on law and ethics in the EU's foreign policy Jan Klabbers 21. The European Union's foreign policies: an external examination of the capabilities–expectations gap Urfan Khaliq Conclusions Steven Blockmans and Panos Koutrakos Index

About the Author :
Edited by Steven Blockmans, Professor of EU External Relations Law and Governance, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Head of EU Foreign Policy, CEPS, Belgium and Panos Koutrakos, Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, City, University of London, UK

Review :
'Under the Treaty of Lisbon, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), occupies a distinct place in EU external relations. This Research Handbook will provide an indispensable tool for understanding the specific features of the CFSP as well as the way it interacts with the non-CFSP part of EU external relations law. We are faced with a comprehensive, well-structured and highly informative collection of articles by a group of top experts on EU law and external relations law in particular.' --Allan Rosas, Judge at the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg'A must-read for everyone who is interested in understanding how the basic texts in the EU Treaties, as modified by the Lisbon Treaty, and their implementation in the recent years, may -or not- help the EU to become a stronger actor on the international scene.' --Jean-Claude Piris, Former DG of the Legal Service of the Council of the EU, France