Beyond CFSP
This section covers policy fields developed under the Community framework but which in many cases represent the lynchpin of the EU's foreign policy - trade, sanctions, association and cooperation agreements, development, enlargement, security and justice, etc. These Community policies have shaped the form of EU foreign policy, are in some cases foreign policy in and of themselves, provide the major instruments of EU foreign policy, and stress the blurring of the inside/outside divide in today's political environment. These policies go beyond the usual areas, actors, interests, capabilities and approaches of foreign policy.
EU-Links
On this website by the DG External Relations you can find information on the EU's policy towards different regions in the world.
This page provides links to the activities of the European Commission in the world.
Here you can find the European Security Strategy of 2003 drafted under the responsibilities of the former EU High Representative Javier SOLANA and the report on its implementation from 2008. Furthermore you can find the most recent European Security Strategy (2010).
Here you can find an overview of Community legislation on external relations by subject (general, European Political cooperation, multilateral relations, bilateral agreements with third countries, action in favour of transition countries, development and commercial policy).
Links
Yearly progress report (or 'lack of progress' report) of the Food and Agricultural Organization on world hunger since the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS).
This is a very complete site on CSDP. There is an overview of all the EU CSDP missions and of all the countries where the EU is active. You can also take a look at the EU structure where you can find who the most important actors are in the field of CSDP, development aid, CFSP, etc... You can also find information on more thematical issues like human rights, Piracy, EU-NATO, Crisis management, etc...
Literature
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Biscop, S. (2005) The European Security Strategy. A global agenda for positive power. Hants: Ashgate.
Missiroli, A. (Ed.) (2005) 'Disasters, Diseases, Disruptions: a new D-drive for the EU', EU Institute for Security Studies - Chaillot Papers, 83.
Sjursen, H. (2006) ‘Special Issue - What Kind of Power? European Foreign Policy in Perspective’, Journal of European Public Policy, 13(2), 167-327.
Bretherton, C., & Vogler, J. (2006) The European Union as a Global Actor. London: Routledge.
Lucarelli, S. and Manners, I. (Eds.) (2006) Values and Principles in European Union Foreign Policy. London: Routledge.
Biscop, S., & Andersson, J. J. (Eds.) (2007) The EU and the European Security Strategy: Forging a Global Europe. London: Routledge.
Orbie, J. (Ed.) (2008) Europe's Global Role: External Policies of the European Union. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Khaliq, U. (2008) Ethical Dimensions of the Foreign Policy of the European Union: A Legal Appraisal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Aggestam, L. (Ed.) (2008) 'Special Issue - "The EU as an Ethical Power"', International Affairs, 84(1).
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Lavenex, Sandra, and Frank Schimmelfennig (2009) Special Issue: European Union external Governance. Journal of European Public Policy 16 (6):791-949.
Tsoukalis, Loukas (2009) The EU in a world in transition: Fit for what purpose? London: Policy network.
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Ricci, Andrea, (ed.) (2010) Making the difference? What works in response to crises and security threats - The debate continues. Brussels: European Communities.
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