The European External Action Service: European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia

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Introduction: The EEAS as a Catalyst of Diplomatic Innovation; Jozef Bátora and David Spence
1. Theorizing the EU''s Diplomatic Service: Rational Player or Social Body?; Rebecca Adler-Nissen
PART I: THE NEW SETTING OF EU DIPLOMACY: problems and Prospects for the European External Action Service
2. The EEAS and its epistemic communities: the challenge of hybridism; David Spence
3. A hybrid service: organising efficient EU foreign policy; Cesare Onestini
4. The High Representative of the Union: the quest for leadership in EU foreign policy; Niklas Helwig
5. The Advance of a European Executive Order in Foreign Policy? Recruitment Practices in the European External Action Service (EEAS); Zuzana Murdoch and Jarle Trondal
6. The EEAS, EU External Assistance and Development Aid: Institutional Dissonance or Inter-service Harmony?; Isabelle Tannous
7. Democratic accountability and EU diplomacy: the EEAS and the role of the European Parliament; Kolja Raube
PART II: THE EEAS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
8. Unus inter plures? The EEAS, the Vienna Convention and international diplomatic practice; Jan Wouters and Sanderijn Duquet
9. EU Law and the EEAS: Of Complex Competences and Constitutional Consequences; Geert De Baere and Ramses A. Wessel
PART III: EFFECTIVE MULTILATERALISM: EU DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
10. The EU Delegation in New York: A Debut in High Political Drama; Katie Laatikainen
11. From the Convention to Lisbon: external competence and the uneasy transition for Geneva Delegations; David Spence
12. Effective multilateralism after Lisbon: the added value of the EEAS and the EU delegation in Vienna; Lars Erik Lundin
PART IV: BILATERALISM and EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC CAPACITY
13. National adaptation and survival in a changing European diplomacy; Rosa Balfour and Kristi Raik
14. Europe in America: an upgraded EU delegation in a reinforced system of European diplomatic coordination; Heidi Maurer
15. Representing the EU in China: European Bilateral Diplomacy in a Competitive Diplomatic Environment; Frauke Austermann
16. Structural Diplomacy and foreign policy: the Case of the EU Delegation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bruno Hanses and David Spence
PART V: ORGANIZING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DIPLOMATIC APPROACH
17. The EEAS and Crisis Management: the Organisational Challenges of a Comprehensive Approach; Allison Weston and Frederic Mérand
18. The Public Diplomacy Role of the EEAS: crafting a Resilient Image for Europe; Mai''a K. Davis Cross
19. Towards a EU Consular policy?; Ana Mar Fernandez-Pasarin
PART VI: HUMAN RESOURCES AND DIPLOMATIC TRAINING
20. Attitudes, identities and esprit de corps in the EEAS; Ana Juncos and Karolina Pomorska
21. Women in the EEAS: another Post-Westphalia Change?; Tereza Novotná
22. Preparing the Future: Diplomatic Training in the EU; Simon Duke
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