PS 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Common Foreign And Security Policy, Federalisation Of The European Union
13 Nov 2018
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3 theses: that there hasn"t been and probably won"t be a common european foreign or defense policy. Common foreign and security policy (cfsp) is an acronym w/o empirical content. There are foreign policy differences between member countries and the. European commission"s view does not accord with national policies (i. e. greece has a hostile view of turkey; britain and france disagree about. No common foe exists to forge europe together: that europe nonetheless has unique and unparalleled foreign policy strengths with its powerful influence on world affairs. Absence of central decision making is attractive. Could take part economically w/o taking away sovereignty, and did not threaten other countries. Seen more as an opportunity than a risk. Balance of power: a state of affairs where a number of actors are involved and no one actor can impose its own rules on the rest of the actors; 2 or more coalitions have influence.
