- Canterbury and Brussels
Richard Whitman
University of Kent, Global Europe Centre, Faculty Member
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Ga onmiddellijk naar paginanavigatie. The value of power, the power of values : a call for an EU grand strategy. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: ... Record Type, bookEditor. Title, The value of power, the power of... more
Ga onmiddellijk naar paginanavigatie. The value of power, the power of values : a call for an EU grand strategy. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: ... Record Type, bookEditor. Title, The value of power, the power of values : a call for an EU grand strategy. ...
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Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has upended Europe's security order, with many observers calling it a turning point for the European Union. This article contends, however, that the EU's response has been less a... more
Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has upended Europe's security order, with many observers calling it a turning point for the European Union. This article contends, however, that the EU's response has been less a turning point and more of an epiphany, providing a reality check for the EU and its member states about how far European foreign policy cooperation has evolved in recent decades. It suggests that an understanding of the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine requires consideration of the member states' foreign policy co-operation, which has intensified over the past half-century, and its underpinning norm which we term a ‘collective European responsibility to act’. In emphasizing this norm, we identify core ideas about the functioning of collective European foreign policy. We re-examine three key preoccupations of the EU foreign policy-making practice and assessment through the lens of the collective European responsibility to act and...
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necessarily reflect the view of Chatham House, its staff, associates or Council. Chatham House is independent and owes no allegiance to any government or to any political body. It does not take institutional positions on policy issues.... more
necessarily reflect the view of Chatham House, its staff, associates or Council. Chatham House is independent and owes no allegiance to any government or to any political body. It does not take institutional positions on policy issues. This document is issued on the understanding that if any extract is used, the author(s)/ speaker(s) and Chatham House should be credited, preferably with the date of the publication or details of the event. Where this document refers to or reports statements made by speakers at an event every effort has been made to provide a fair representation of their views and opinions, but the ultimate responsibility for accuracy lies with this document’s author(s). The published text of speeches and presentations may differ from delivery. Parliamentary Evidence
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for the CFSP and ESDP in the early 21st century. Our three essays will help readers begin to sort it out. Richard Whitman (co-chair of the EUSA’s “EU as a Global Actor” interest section) offers a clear exposition of some of the nuts and... more
for the CFSP and ESDP in the early 21st century. Our three essays will help readers begin to sort it out. Richard Whitman (co-chair of the EUSA’s “EU as a Global Actor” interest section) offers a clear exposition of some of the nuts and bolts of CFSP change in the Lisbon Treaty. These were both the main CFSP-related elements of the Constitutional Treaty and, as he observes, are still likely to be implemented in some form eventually. Frédéric Merand considers the broader context of military and security integration across the member-states, and relates ongoing developments therein to the broader context of political-science theory as well. Historian Piers Ludlow provides a different kind of context, surveying the recent literature on security and military issues in the early decades of the EU project. Whether taken together or read separately, they provide students and experts alike with useful points of departure to untangle the complexities of Europe’s evolving framework for extern...
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Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: The European Union in a Changing Context A.Landau - PART 1: INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITIES: EUROPE AND THE INTERNATIONAL - The New Pattern of International Relations in Europe A.Hyde-Price - The... more
Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: The European Union in a Changing Context A.Landau - PART 1: INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITIES: EUROPE AND THE INTERNATIONAL - The New Pattern of International Relations in Europe A.Hyde-Price - The European Union in Its International Environment: a Systematic Analysis A.Herrberg - The International Identity of the European Union: Instruments as Identity R.Whitman - PART 2: INSTITUTIONS AND INTERESTS: BETWEEN SUPRANATIONALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTALISM - The European Union at the Cross Roads: Sovereignty and Integration L.Aggestam - The Capacity to Act: European National Governments and the European Commission K.Armingeon - Forging European Union: What Role for the European Parliament? D.Viola - PART 3: INTERESTS AND IDENTITIES: CLEVAGES AND COMMONALITIES - European Values and National Interests E.Barbe - The Cultural Semiotics of 'European Identity': Between National Sentiment and the Transnational Imperative U.Hedetoft - Conclusion A.Landau & R.Whitman - Bibliography - Index
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Westminster, 1996.
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Introduced by Ian Manners in an article published in 2002, the idea of ‘normative power Europe’ has been very widely debated by scholars in the fields of European studies and international relations. This article marks the first decade of... more
Introduced by Ian Manners in an article published in 2002, the idea of ‘normative power Europe’ has been very widely debated by scholars in the fields of European studies and international relations. This article marks the first decade of scholarship on normative power Europe through a critical engagement with the concept, its influence and the wider normative turn within the literature on the European Union’s role beyond its borders. The article reviews the strands of literature that have drawn on the concept of normative power and outlines the contours of the international debate on the concept. It provides an assessment of the impact of normative power and its application through the variety of ways it has been used via engagement, reaction and counter-reaction.
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The article examines the Lisbon Treaty and asserts that the treaty's effects would be to revamp rather than revolutionize the existing arrangements for the CFSP/ESDP. With the future of the Lisbon Treaty in doubt since the Irish... more
The article examines the Lisbon Treaty and asserts that the treaty's effects would be to revamp rather than revolutionize the existing arrangements for the CFSP/ESDP. With the future of the Lisbon Treaty in doubt since the Irish referendum on 12 June 2008, the article considers what the future scenarios might be for the CFSP/ESDP provisions of the treaty. The article does not adjudicate on the credibility of these future scenarios by proceeds by first outlining the changes introduced to the CFSP/ESDP by the treaty; the issues raised by the amendments introduced; and then considers the consequent effects on the functioning of the CFSP/ESDP, either by the approval of the reform by ratification of the treaty or, if it is considered a credible proposition, by piecemeal implementation. As the article illustrates, in most instances the reforms introduced by the Lisbon Treaty (or through part of a 'cherry picking' process) will still require further substantive decisions to determine the form of their implementation.
There is no EU-wide debate on EU-Turkey relations, but rather a set of overlapping yet distinct European debates reflecting the different actors, interests and ideas across the European mosaic. Talking Turkey II unpacks this complex... more
There is no EU-wide debate on EU-Turkey relations, but rather a set of overlapping yet distinct European debates reflecting the different actors, interests and ideas across the European mosaic. Talking Turkey II unpacks this complex reality by analysing the positions of national stakeholders across the EU, the reactions of Turkish stakeholders to these EU debates, as well as the influence of the US in shaping European debates on Turkey. The underlying aim of this research is to develop an EU Communication Strategy for Turkey. Based upon the findings of this project, a Communication Strategy ought to be differentiated and dynamic. It must also engage in a genuine two-way communication with its interlocutors. It is only by Talking Turkey and making such talk a two-way street that Turkey's European course may be strengthened in the long-term.
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Since 1999, EU-Turkey relations have become the focus of growing interest in Europe. Yet the valuable research results produced have largely failed to inform the public debate on EU-Turkey relations. This project aims to fill the gap... more
Since 1999, EU-Turkey relations have become the focus of growing interest in Europe. Yet the valuable research results produced have largely failed to inform the public debate on EU-Turkey relations. This project aims to fill the gap between research and public debate on EU-Turkey relations by unpacking the discourses there where they exist, in particular focusing on the questions of conditionality and impact and the role that perceptions and misperceptions have played in conditioning these debates. We hope this understanding can contribute to reversing the vicious circle of mistrust and miscommunication which has bedevilled EU-Turkey relations particularly, particularly in recent years.
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The European Union has been working to deepen the economic and political relationship with its Eastern neighbouring countries over the recent years. A set of formal agreements are intended for signature between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova... more
The European Union has been working to deepen the economic and political relationship with its Eastern neighbouring countries over the recent years. A set of formal agreements are intended for signature between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova and the South Caucasus states at the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit scheduled for 28-29 November 2013. These agreements have provoked a response from the Russian Federation which is seeking to offer an alternative set of economic relationship to the exclusion of the EU. In the first Policy Paper to be published, the recently created Global Europe Centre (GEC) sets out a reform agenda that the EU needs to adopt towards the EaP states to enable a more binding relationship. The paper argues that the EU needs to define a ‘next generation’ objective for the EaPas it enters the implementation phase of the current set of Association Agreements (AAs). The proposal is that the EU should set a European Partnership Community (EPC) statusas a bilateral and m...
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necessarily reflect the view of Chatham House, its staff, associates or Council. Chatham House is independent and owes no allegiance to any government or to any political body. It does not take institutional positions on policy issues.... more
necessarily reflect the view of Chatham House, its staff, associates or Council. Chatham House is independent and owes no allegiance to any government or to any political body. It does not take institutional positions on policy issues. This document is issued on the understanding that if any extract is used, the author(s)/ speaker(s) and Chatham House should be credited, preferably with the date of the publication or details of the event. Where this document refers to or reports statements made by speakers at an event every effort has been made to provide a fair representation of their views and opinions, but the ultimate responsibility for accuracy lies with this document’s author(s). The published text of speeches and presentations may differ from delivery. Parliamentary Evidence
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How are preparations for Brexit coming along? Richard Whitman pursues an IT analogy, arguing that while the ‘hardware’ to facilitate the Brexit negotiation, including a dedicated minister and ministry, is in place, the ‘software’ – i.e.,... more
How are preparations for Brexit coming along? Richard Whitman pursues an IT analogy, arguing that while the ‘hardware’ to facilitate the Brexit negotiation, including a dedicated minister and ministry, is in place, the ‘software’ – i.e., answers to crucial questions on how the relationship between the UK and the EU will look like – is still lacking.
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... I. Manners and RG Whitman 'The “Difference Engine”: Constructing and Representing the International Identity of the European Union' (2003) 10 ... calls for the notion of civilian power to be discarded but it represents the... more
... I. Manners and RG Whitman 'The “Difference Engine”: Constructing and Representing the International Identity of the European Union' (2003) 10 ... calls for the notion of civilian power to be discarded but it represents the zombie of theorizing about the EU's international role ...
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This chapter argues that sub-Saharan Africa is an important component of the European Union's strategic behaviour. By analysing EU missions in Africa, the chapter locates the evolution of Europe's strategic culture in 3 frames:... more
This chapter argues that sub-Saharan Africa is an important component of the European Union's strategic behaviour. By analysing EU missions in Africa, the chapter locates the evolution of Europe's strategic culture in 3 frames: human security, security-development nexus and support for local preferences