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The Security–Development Nexus in European Union Foreign Relations after Lisbon: Policy Coherence at Last?
Stefan GänzleMark Furnesssubject
media_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesGeography Planning and DevelopmentContext (language use)Coherence (statistics)Management Monitoring Policy and LawDevelopmentCollective action050601 international relations0506 political sciencePolitical sciencePolitical economy050602 political science & public administrationmedia_common.cataloged_instanceBureaucracyForeign relationsEuropean unionEconomic systemTreatyNexus (standard)media_commondescription
One of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty's objectives was to enhance the coherence of EU-level foreign relations by improving collective action. Policy-level innovations included ‘comprehensive’ and ‘joined-up’ approaches linking EU instruments and actors, especially the Commission and the new European External Action Service. Have these reforms improved policy coherence? We focus on a key EU policy domain illustrating Europe's engagement with the changing global context: the security–development nexus. Although we find that collective action has improved somewhat since 2010, decision-making is affected by bureaucratic actors catering to specific constituencies. Accordingly, the coherence of security and development policies remains challenged. The EU institutions lack strategic direction, which is unavoidable in a system that lacks clear hierarchy.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-19 |