The High Representative of the European External Action Service (EEAS) is held to provide a review of the organisation and functioning of the EEAS by mid-2013. This short and user-friendly legal commentary on the 2010 Council Decision establishing the organisation and functioning of the EEAS is...

Books reviewed: Tobias Debiel and Axel Klein, Fragile Peace: State Failure, Violence and Development in Crisis Regions Peter Larmour and Nick Wolanin, Corruption and Anti-Corruption Mark Bovens, Paul T. Hart and B. Guy Peters, Success and Failure in Public Governance: A Comparative Analysis...

The literature on European foreign policy has paid scant attention to one critical aspect - European diplomacy. This article considers the nature of European diplomacy, the ways in which it manifests itself and, most importantly, the preparation of EU officials as well as national diplomats for...

The Western European Union (WEU) has received much attention since its rejuvenation in the mid-1980s, in large part due to its integral role as part of the European Union's Common Foreign and Securiy Policy (CFSP). This article argues that the lack of a clearly defined CFSP, contradictions...