EU Common Foreign and Security Policy After Lisbon

Dr. Luigi Lonardo is a lecturer in EU law at University College Cork, Ireland, and a visiting lecturer in European Foreign Security and Defence Policy at Sciences Po in Paris, France. Previously he has been a lecturer and visiting lecturer in EU law at King’s College London and at the University of Westminster. He has published articles on EU foreign policy in the European Law Review, the European Constitutional Law Review, European Papers, and the European Foreign Affairs Review.

• Introduction.- Part I The Context.- The geopolitical context.- The legal context.- Part II Common Foreign and Security Policy after Lisbon.- Restrictive measures: constitutional issues, classification, judicial review.- Common Security and Defence Policy in Action.- The silence of foreign policy.- Part III The key themes.- Between law and geopolitics.- Conclusion.