How do EU Foreign Policy-Makers Decide? Institutional Orientations within the European External Action Service

Henökl, Thomas

doi:10.1080/01402382.2014.1000652

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“…However, the differing institutional backgrounds of EEAS staff are also likely to include ‘organizational and cultural clashes’ (Davis Cross, 2011: 454). It is these structural obstacles, along with lack of training strategy (Juncos and Pomorska, 2014: 316) and the clashes between competing institutional (intergovernmental versus supranational) logics (Henökl, 2015: 679), that hamper the creation of a common culture (Vanhoonacker and Pomorska, 2013: 1316).…”

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Understanding the gender regime in the European External Action Service

Chappell¹,

Guerrina²

2020

Cooperation and Conflict

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The EU has been a key actor in shaping European gender regimes in post-war Europe. There is a substantial amount of work on the role of the EU as a gender actor, particularly in employment and social policy. The adoption of and consistent referral to equality as a fundamental value of the EU raises important questions about the way the EU promotes ‘soft’ values in an international setting, through its security and defence policy, particularly as the EU is trying to promote itself as a normative actor. Hence, this article sets out to analyse where gender equality, as a policy frame, is located within the European External Action Service (EEAS). Through an investigation into whether the core normative principles of gender equality and mainstreaming have permeated this policy domain, we then focus on how the EEAS reflects the EU’s gender regime, which is informed by Walby’s framework, and how this shapes mainstream security and defence policies. We find that the neo-liberal foundations of the EU permeate the way the EEAS incorporates the principle of equality, leading to a shallow understanding that focuses on adding women into existing structures.

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Understanding the gender regime in the European External Action Service

Chappell¹,

Guerrina²

2020

Cooperation and Conflict

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“…Different staff groups, depending on their source of recruitment and present organizational affiliation tend to emphasize rules and signals by forums. Unveiled by earlier research (Henökl, 2014b(Henökl, , 2015, this situation is aggravated by the presence of organizational ambiguities with regard to roles and rules, mission and vision as well as by political rivalries between community institutions, Council as well as the member states. This may result in a -problem of many eyes‖ (Bovens et al, 2010, p. 41).…”

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Conflict and Continuity in European Diplomatic Cultures: Accountability, Scrutiny and Control in EU External Affairs

Henökl¹

2016

IRD

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University of Agder (UiA), Kristiansand, Norway Under the Lisbon Treaty, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs (HRVP) has obtained far-reaching powers to formulate, coordinate and implement É U external policies, traditionally a prerogative of the state. In the exercise of this delegated powers, the HRVP is assisted by a dedicated administrative body, the European External Action Service (EEAS). Formal decision-making over the EU's common foreign and security policy lies with the Council, while the European Neighborhood and Trade policies, as well as international cooperation remain competences of the EU-Commission. Concomitantly, the EEAS is situated within several, partly overlapping and conflicting accountability relationships. The ensuing question is: To what extent, how and by whom can the HRVP and the EEAS be held politically to account? With data from official documents, 50 semi-structured interviews and a survey among 184 EU foreign policy-makers, the article maps and assesses of the multi-level actor/forum relationships of the EU's foreign policy machinery.

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“…Merton already mentions this (Merton 1936, 903; see also Burlyuk 2017, 1016), but we now have a broader literature on the socialisation of EU officials and decision-makers into institutional substantive or behavioural norms, which helps explain why foreseen and unwelcome consequences are nevertheless permitted (cf. Bellier 2000;Chelotti 2015;Henökl 2015;Hooghe 2002;2012;Kassim et.al. ;Juncos and Pomorska 2006;2010;2011;Lewis 2010).…”

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EU External Action, Intention and Explanation

Zwart¹,

Pomorska²

2020

Unintended Consequences of EU External Action

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"Unintended consequences" is an umbrella concept. It comprises phenomena that differ in crucial respects and consequently, without refinement, it remains a rather blunt instrument for policy analysis. The contributions in this volume, however, show that disentangling unintended consequences by making clear distinctions between various types, makes the concept much more useful for policy analysis. Assessing the impact of EU foreign policies as studied in this volume, we show that "bonuses", "windfalls", "accidents", and "trade-offs"all unintendedare very different when it comes to the explanation of policy outcomes, or to allocating responsibility for them.

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How do EU Foreign Policy-Makers Decide? Institutional Orientations within the European External Action Service

Cited by 21 publications

References 48 publications

Understanding the gender regime in the European External Action Service

Understanding the gender regime in the European External Action Service

Conflict and Continuity in European Diplomatic Cultures: Accountability, Scrutiny and Control in EU External Affairs

EU External Action, Intention and Explanation

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