Books by Stephan Keukeleire
Over the past five years, the EU has established a new system of diplomacy centred on the Europea... more Over the past five years, the EU has established a new system of diplomacy centred on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. This new system reflects a process of evolution in a changing context, and has been faced by major challenges since its inception.
This book examines the diplomatic system of the EU, locating it within the broader study of diplomacy and the European integration project. The volume is structured around the interrelated themes of institutional change and the evolving practices of EU diplomacy. It tracks the development of the EU’s system of diplomacy, with particular reference to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the establishment of the EEAS and the emerging practices of EU strategic and structural diplomacy. Bringing together contributions from leading experts in the field, this book provides an original approach to the development and operation of the EU’s diplomatic system.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union international relations, European Union politics and diplomacy.
Articles by Stephan Keukeleire
This article contends that, in order to understand global affairs, not only crises and conflicts ... more This article contends that, in order to understand global affairs, not only crises and conflicts need to be examined, but also long-term processes which result from the competition between structural powers. These structural powers have the potential to set or influence the organizing principles and the rules of the game in other countries and regions as well as the international system in general. The article focuses on the European Union's potential as a structural power. Examining where the EU has succeeded and where it has failed to behave as a structural power, it argues that the EU is losing the structural power game against competing structural powers in its neighbourhood, specifically Russia in the EU's eastern neighbourhood and the multifarious phenomenon of “Islamism” in the EU's southern neighbourhood.
Over the past decade the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other emerging... more Over the past decade the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other emerging power alliances (such as BASIC [Brazil, South Africa, India and China] and IBSA [India, Brazil, South Africa]), as well as multilateral organizations in the Asia-Pacific and the global south, have become increasingly important players on the world stage. None of the variations on Asian regionalism and emerging power alliances is in itself very influential. Taken together, however, they are not inconsequential for the European Union (EU) and its position on multilateralism. Their views on multilateralism differ from the EU's vision with regard to contents and methodology. Problematic for the EU is that their views not only structure the relations between the emerging powers themselves, but that these powers also increasingly try to promote them as the basic principles for structuring international relations and regimes on a global level.
This article assesses how and to what extent the European Union (EU) uses a security perspective ... more This article assesses how and to what extent the European Union (EU) uses a security perspective to define and shape its relationship with the developing world. In order to evaluate the EU's development policy and its relations with developing countries we link the concept of ‘security–development nexus’ with the concept of ‘securitization’. The article examines whether securitization can be observed with regard to four dimensions: discourse, policy instruments, policy actions and institutional framework. The analysis demonstrates a securitization of the EU's development policy and its relations with developing countries, particularly in Africa. However, paradoxically, the securitization's extent and nature suggest that the EU can also use it as a way to avoid a more direct involvement in conflict areas.
Diverse shifts have taken place in both the daily practice and academic analyses of diplomacy. Th... more Diverse shifts have taken place in both the daily practice and academic analyses of diplomacy. Th e authors argue that the various conceptualizations do not suffi ciently take into account that diplomacy is increasingly concerned with infl uencing or shaping structures. Th e aim of this article is therefore to reappraise the nature of diplomacy in general and of the European Union in particular by elaborating on the concept structural diplomacy. Th is concept refers to the process of dialogue and negotiation by which actors in the international system seek to infl uence or shape sustainable external political, legal, economic, social and security structures at diff erent relevant levels in a given geographic space (from the level of the individual and society, to the state, regional and global levels). Th e EU's institutional and diplomatic set-up allows it to conduct structural diplomacy. However, the extent and eff ectiveness of this diplomacy strongly diff er depending on the regions in question.
In this article we approach the functioning of bureaucracy in European Security and Defence Polic... more In this article we approach the functioning of bureaucracy in European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) from a governance perspective that also focuses on informal patterns of interaction between the relevant bureaucratic actors. Following the governance and related network governance approaches, the interplay between formal and informal patterns of interaction can help to overcome deadlock in policy-making and to procure effective problemsolving. This perspective is applied to security sector reform (SSR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). SSR is one of the major emerging fields of activity within the civilian crisis management dimension of ESDP, that also in the DRC became a focal point in the EU's new security and defence policy since its inception. However, as the EU involvement in the Congolese security sector reform policies illustrates, coordination and negotiation among European actors to overcome deadlock and produce effective problemsolving is not self-evident or even desirable for all actors. In the case of the EU's SSR policies in Congo, coordination indeed occurs between the actors that are dependent upon each other in terms of resources and have the willingness to jointly tackle the problems related to the SSR in the DRC. However, it is also often undermined by actors that prefer to engage bilaterally because they possess the resources to do so and the personal relationships with the Congolese authorities to act more efficiently and effectively.
Chapters by Stephan Keukeleire
Chapter 12 in 'The Diplomatic System of the European Union: Evolution, change and challenges', pp 199-214, 2016
Chapter 13 in 'The Diplomatic System of the European Union: Evolution, Change and Challenges', pp 215-231, 2016
Chapter in 'Theorizing Foreign Policy in a Globalized World', pp 1-26, 2015
Chapter 12 in 'European Union and New Regionalism', pp 263-276, 2014
Chapter in 'The Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours Diplomatic and Geopolitical Dimensions beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy', 2015
Analysing the broaderneighbourhood ofthe EuropeanUnion (EU) poses significant challenges interms ... more Analysing the broaderneighbourhood ofthe EuropeanUnion (EU) poses significant challenges interms ofknowledge andunderstanding ofthis neighbourhood. Having a good knowledge of the EU's positions and policies towards these regions is not sufficient to detect the challenges Europe is facing in its broader neighbourhood, to evaluate the EU's strategies and frameworks of cooperation with the neighbours of the EU's neighbours, and to assess how further bridges can be built with these various countries and regions as well as with the EU's immediate neighbours covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
Chapter in 'Scrutinizing Internal and External Dimensions of European Law', 2013
Chapter in 'The Foreign Policy of the European: Assessing Europe's Role in the World' , 2012
Chapter in 'The European Union and Multilateral Governance', pp 25-42, 2012
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Books by Stephan Keukeleire
This book examines the diplomatic system of the EU, locating it within the broader study of diplomacy and the European integration project. The volume is structured around the interrelated themes of institutional change and the evolving practices of EU diplomacy. It tracks the development of the EU’s system of diplomacy, with particular reference to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the establishment of the EEAS and the emerging practices of EU strategic and structural diplomacy. Bringing together contributions from leading experts in the field, this book provides an original approach to the development and operation of the EU’s diplomatic system.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union international relations, European Union politics and diplomacy.
Articles by Stephan Keukeleire
Chapters by Stephan Keukeleire
This book examines the diplomatic system of the EU, locating it within the broader study of diplomacy and the European integration project. The volume is structured around the interrelated themes of institutional change and the evolving practices of EU diplomacy. It tracks the development of the EU’s system of diplomacy, with particular reference to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the establishment of the EEAS and the emerging practices of EU strategic and structural diplomacy. Bringing together contributions from leading experts in the field, this book provides an original approach to the development and operation of the EU’s diplomatic system.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union international relations, European Union politics and diplomacy.