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Welcome. On this website, you will be able to discover the many articles I have published on key topics related to European security and diplomacy, such as the restructuring of European diplomacy(ies), the EU strategic partnerships or EU counter-terrorism policies. Some of these publications were the results of short term projects, whereas others resulted from in-depth long term research. My consultancy projects, on the other hand, do not appear on this website for obvious reasons. Enjoy the reading.
Sincerely,
Thomas Renard.
Sincerely,
Thomas Renard.
Latest Book
EMERSON M. with BALFOUR R., CORTHAUT T., KACZYNSKI P., RENARD T., WOUTERS J. (2011). Upgrading the EU's Role as Global Actor: Institutions, Law and the Restructuring of European Diplomacy, Brussels, Centre for European Policy Studies.
Summary:
The EU and its member states must reform their diplomacy in response to the fundamental changes to the international order that are being driven by globalization and the new multipolarity. The premise of this report is that the EU should build up a world-class diplomatic corps, capable of becoming a major actor in global affairs.
The report investigates two prerequisites for achieving this: first, enhancement of the status of the EU in numerous multilateral organisations, international agreements and fora (the UN, IMF etc.), and second, a restructuring of European diplomacy, as between the functions and resources of the new European diplomatic corps (European External Action Service) and the 27 member state diplomacies. Recommendations are formulated on where and how to upgrade the EU’s status in the international arena. Scenarios are presented for the build-up of the EU’s diplomatic corps, alongside a slimming down of national diplomacies. Failure to act along these lines will only result in an increasingly irrelevant, obsolete and wasteful European diplomacy. There has so far been no systematic account of either of these subjects.
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Summary:
The EU and its member states must reform their diplomacy in response to the fundamental changes to the international order that are being driven by globalization and the new multipolarity. The premise of this report is that the EU should build up a world-class diplomatic corps, capable of becoming a major actor in global affairs.
The report investigates two prerequisites for achieving this: first, enhancement of the status of the EU in numerous multilateral organisations, international agreements and fora (the UN, IMF etc.), and second, a restructuring of European diplomacy, as between the functions and resources of the new European diplomatic corps (European External Action Service) and the 27 member state diplomacies. Recommendations are formulated on where and how to upgrade the EU’s status in the international arena. Scenarios are presented for the build-up of the EU’s diplomatic corps, alongside a slimming down of national diplomacies. Failure to act along these lines will only result in an increasingly irrelevant, obsolete and wasteful European diplomacy. There has so far been no systematic account of either of these subjects.
Download FREE PDF.
Buy the book online.
