Strategy-Making in the EU

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“This book provides profound insights into contemporary EU decision-making in the field of external action and makes a highly valuable contribution to the debate on the new intergovernmentalism as a framework for understanding the post-Lisbon EU.”Uwe Puetter, Central European University, Hungary
“The most detailed, empirically informed analysis of the policy-making processes of EU strategies and a valuable contribution to the shifting dynamics of EU foreign policy after the Lisbon Treaty. This book will be of great interest to practitioners and experts alike.”Javier Solana, President, ESADEgeo, Spain, and former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
“Pol Morillas provides a compelling account of strategy-making in the Union. A must read for anyone wishing to understand the intricacies of EU foreign policy.”Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, and Special Adviser to EU HR/VP Federica Mogherini   
This book provides a detailed analysis of the policy-making processes of EU strategies in foreign and security policy and external action. It uses the European Security Strategy and the EU Global Strategy to assess their policy-making dynamics both before and after the Lisbon Treaty. Inter-institutional relations in strategy-making are put into the context of current debates in European integration, questioning the assumption that the EU is a body increasingly ruled by intergovernmentalism - as reflected by the new intergovernmentalism literature. By looking at the shifting policy-making dynamics from foreign and security policy to external action, the author sheds light on the current shape of EU integration. The book also provides a categorisation of EU strategies and considers them as policy-inspiration documents, acting as frameworks for policy-making. This reading of strategies lies behind the analysis of the policy-making processes of the ESS and the EUGS, unpacked into four phases: agenda-setting, policy formulation, policy output and implementation.
Pol Morillas is Deputy Director of Research and Senior Research Fellow in European affairs at CIDOB, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs. He is also associate lecturer at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the policy-making processes of EU strategies in foreign and security policy and external action. It uses the European Security Strategy and the EU Global Strategy to assess their policy-making dynamics both before and after the Lisbon Treaty. Inter-institutional relations in strategy-making are put into the context of current debates in European integration, questioning the assumption that the EU is a body increasingly ruled by intergovernmentalism - as reflected by the new intergovernmentalism literature. The book also provides a categorisation of EU strategies and considers them as policy-inspiration documents, acting as frameworks for policy-making. This reading of strategies lies behind the analysis of the policy-making processes of the ESS and the EUGS, unpacked into four phases: agenda-setting, policy formulation, policy output and implementation. By looking at the shifting policy-making dynamics from foreign and security policy to external action, the author sheds light on the current shape of EU integration.
Provides evidence on the increasing role of Brussels-based institutions in strategy-making Addresses a gap in the new intergovernmentalism, never previously applied to the field of external action Interacts with prominent debates in European integration and EU external action

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Strategy-making European Union European integration intergovernmentalism foreign policy security policy supranationalism global actor European Union Global Strategy Maastricht Treaty Lisbon Treaty NATO policy-making European Security Strategy external action

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“The book provides profound insights into contemporary EU decision-making in the field of external action and makes a highly valuable contribution to the debate on the new intergovernmentalism as a framework for understanding the post-Lisbon EU.” (Uwe Puetter, Professor, Central European University, Hungary)“The most detailed, empirically informed analysis of the policy-making processes of EU strategies and a valuable contribution to the shifting dynamics of EU foreign policy after the Lisbon Treaty. This book will be of great interest to practitioners and experts alike.” (Javier Solana, President, ESADEgeo, Spain, and former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Spain) “As the EU lives through its deepest existential crisis, political dynamics in Europe have been marked by the seemingly contradictory reaffirmation of both intergovernmentalism and supranational institutions. Pol Morillas provides a compelling, innovative and granular account of how a hybrid of these two contrasting forces explains strategy-making in the Union. A must read for anyone wishing to understand the intricacies of EU foreign policy.” (Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, and Special Adviser to EU HR/VP Federica Mogherini, Italy)  “In a carefully researched work, Pol Morillas shows how national governments’ influence over some elements of EU foreign policy works in parallel with the notable input of certain EU-level institutions and actors. In doing so, he adds invaluable insights to on-going debates about re-emergent intergovernmentalism and offers an analytical framework through which other areas of EU external action might usefully be assessed.” (Richard Youngs, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, Belgium) 
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