Publications

The EFPU Working Paper series showcases research conducted by EFPU members as well as by other academics working in the field of European foreign policy. If you wish to submit a paper to be considered for publication in the series, please contact EFPU Director.

2020

• Stelios Stavridis, 'Do Not Shoot The Messenger': A critique of the existing literature on the European Parliament and Turkey, EFPU Review Article 2020/1

2018

• Irene Morlino, 'Food assistance: what role for EU-UN coordination?', EFPU Working Paper 2018/1

2017

• EFPU Report on the Symposium in Honour of Christopher Hill, July 2017
• Nicholas Westcott (European External Action Service), 'Responding to Conflict and Promoting Stability: European Policy in the Middle East and North Africa', EFPU Policy Note No. 1
• Gabriel Coupeau, 'The (European) Empire Strikes Back?': Applying the Imperial Paradigm to Understand the European Court of Justice's imbroglio in Western Sahara', EFPU working paper 2017-1

Prior to 2015:

• Nicola Chelotti, 'Multiple Practices and Styles: Analysing Variation in EU Foreign Policy Negotiations', EFPU working paper 2014-1
• Karen E Smith, 'European Union Foreign Policy after Lisbon: Five Lessons Learned from a Series of Roundtables', EFPU working paper 2012-1
• Federica Bicchi and Caterina Carta, 'The Lisbon Treaty and the Common Foreign and Security Policy: A Leap Forward or More of the Same?', EFPU working paper 2011-2
• Elisabeth Johansson-Nogues,'The Decline of the EU's 'Magnetic Attraction'? The European Union in the Eyes of Neighbouring Arab Countries and Russia', EFPU working paper 2011-1
• Martijn Schukkink and Arne Niemann, 'Portugal and the EU's Eastern Enlargement: A Logic of Identity Endorsement', EFPU working paper 2010-1

2022

• Federica Bicchi and Daniel Schade, 'Whither European diplomacy? Long-term trends and the impact of the Lisbon Treaty', Cooperation and Conflict, 57 (1).
• Federica Bicchi, 'Communities of practice and what they can do for International Relations', Review of International Studies, 48 (1).
• Mareike Kleine, Javier Arregui, and Robert Thomson, 'The impact of national democratic representation on decision-making in the European Union', Journal of European Public Policy, 29 (1).

2021

• Irene Morlino and Katharina Kuhn, 'Decentralisation in Times of Crisis: Asset Or Liability? The Case of Germany and Italy During Covid-19', Swiss Political Science Review, 28 (1).
• Karen E Smith, 'Emotions and EU foreign policy', International Affairs, Volume 97, Issue 2.
• Katherine Pye, 'The Sahel: Europe's Forever War?', Centre for European Reform Policy Brief.
• Stephen Woolcock, 'A big challenge for ‘Global Britain’ is digital trade', LSE Brexit Blog.

2020

• Irene Morlino, Katharine M Millar, Yuna Han, Martin J Bayly, and Katharina Kuhn, 'Confronting the COVID-19 pandemic: grief, loss, and social order', London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of International Relations, London, UK.
• Karen E Smith, 'The European Union'. In: Smith, Karen E and Verlin Laatikainen, Katie, (eds.) Group Politics in UN Multilateralism.
• Katherine Pye, 'Europe needs a strong Africa, but will it work to achieve one?', Centre for European Reform Insight.

2019

• Federica Bicchi and Lisbeth Aggestam, 'New directions in EU foreign policy governance: cross-loading, leadership and informal groupings', Journal of Common Market Studies, 57 (3).
• Katherine Pye, 'A Means to an End or an End in Itself? The EU Integrated Approach to Conflict in Mali', College of Europe EU Diplomacy Paper, 05/2019.
• Mareike Kleine and Clement Minaudier, 'Negotiating under political uncertainty: national elections and the dynamics of international cooperation', British Journal of Political Science, 49 (1).
• Stephen Woolcock, 'European Union common commercial policy: continuity or change', In: Becker, Peter and Lippert, Barbara, (eds.) Handbuch Europäische Union.
• Stephen Woolcock, 'The role of the European Union in the international trade and investment order', Dahrendorf Forum IV (10).

These 10,000 words papers present original research on European foreign policy by former LSE MSc students. Originally drafted as dissertations, they were awarded a Distinction and further revised since.

• Gabriele Vitiello, 'Identity Affirmation Through Cross-loading? Lithuania’s Value-based Foreign Policy Towards China and the ‘Taiwanese Representative Office’', EFPU Distinguished Dissertations on European foreign policy.
• Leonardo De Agostini, 'The EEAS at 10 and the Headquarters-Delegation Nexus in the EU Foreign Policy Cycle through the lenses of Practice Theory: does the way towards a stronger EEAS pass through empowered Delegations?', EFPU Distinguished Dissertations on European foreign policy.
• Miren Aguirre Salazar, 'Feminist Foreign Policy: The Case of the European Union', EFPU Distinguished Dissertations on European foreign policy.