Crisis and Change in European Union Foreign Policy

Nikki Ikani is Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security at Leiden University. She is also a Senior Non-Resident Associate Fellow at the NATO Defence College, and Visiting Fellow at the War Studies Department at King’s College London.

• Introduction1 An analytical framework for studying EU foreign policy change2 Foreign policy change after the Arab uprisings: The neighbourhood policy revised3 Foreign policy change after the Ukraine crisis: Changing the neighbourhood policy once more4 Conceptualising EU foreign policy change5 Test-driving the analytical frameworkConclusionBibliographyList of interviewsIndex

'The book provides a timely analysis of the impact of crisis on EU foreign policy and the ENP. [...] For academics interested in the details of foreign policy change, this book is a welcome contribution that challenges thin conceptualizations of this phenomenon as a cumulative process. And for policy-makers who are unsure how to deal with today's challenges in the EU's neighbourhood, this book is a useful reflection upon past decisions. Ikani recognizes the opportunities and constraints of the institutional and temporal factors and encourages policy-makers to actively shape the substance and direction of change in the future.'Trineke Palm, International Affairs, Volume 98, Issue 6'The book is well timed for postgraduate research students looking for an appreciation of the theoretical challenges associated with making sense of how an international institution such as the EU reacts to challenges and what it might be reasonable to expect from it.'Lorenzo Cladi, Journal of Common Market Studies