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European External Action Service (EEAS) celebrates its 10th anniversary today 
It has also resulted in a library of academic publications. Here are 10 of my favourites
It has also resulted in a library of academic publications. Here are 10 of my favourites
1/ One of the most comprehensive analyses of the road to the EEAS and its establishment is the book by @josthenrik https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contested-Diplomacy-European-External-Service/dp/1138039462
2/ The EEAS was set up as a new type of EU institution. This raised questions how it relates to national diplomacy. @RebAdlerNissen captures this well when discussing the symbolic power of the EEAS https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/symbolic-power-in-european-diplomacy-the-struggle-between-national-foreign-services-and-the-eus-external-action-service/D76D760F54D594A0F60437CE0862042B
3/ With the EEAS being a new institution, it was not directly clear who was in charge. @MPFurness discusses, in this respect, the important question of control https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/EERR_18_1__Mark_Furness.pdf
4/ With newly gained authority also comes a demand for legitimacy and the European Parliament was keen to get a foot in the door. @raube_kolja discusses its role https://brill.com/view/journals/hjd/7/1/article-p65_5.xml
5/ Who are these pioneers working in the EEAS and do they have any autonomy? Zuzana Murdoch, Jarle Trondal and Stefan GĂ€nzle study in depth the institutional capacity of the newly founded EEAS https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/padm.12037
6/ @aejuncos and @Karolka55 address a similar question from a different perspective wondering whether officials in the EEAS also developed an esprit de corps https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcms.12107
7/ More on the staff composition by @lauracchappell and @RGuerrina who study the gender regime of the EEAS https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0010836719895296
8/ In addition to developing the EEAS HQ, the Lisbon Treaty also turned the European Commission delegations into EU delegations. @Austerfrau covers this process well in her book https://www.amazon.co.uk/European-Union-Delegations-Foreign-Policy/dp/1137376309
9/ When it comes to actual policy-making, @SophieMaas1 and @Karolka55 study the agenda-setting process by the High Rep and her staff in the EEAS https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2012.758446
10/ Looking back over the last decade, @JoeKoops and @Giu_Ter evaluate the performance of the High Reps Ashton and Mogherini https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09662839.2020.1798410
There are many worthy publications including on the policies formulated/implemented by the EEAS. In fact, @FloorKeuleers @dfonck and Keukeleire find no less than 451 articles on EU foreign policy (2010-2014) with a majority on internal institutions 1/2 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0010836716631777
I therefore also wondered w/ @SophieMaas1 whether we should study EU foreign policy at all. The answer is clear: Even after 10 years, the EEAS remains a unique institution within both the EU and the world of diplomacy 2/2 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0010836716682393
Finally, for the non-academic perspective, do join the debate today between High Reps @javiersolana, @FedericaMog and @JosepBorrellF https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage_en/88991/SAVE
