CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Lasan, Nicoleta Florica |
|---|---|
| Title | The European Union's approach towards the Iranian nuclear crisis: an interest-driven strategy combined with the "appropriate" means |
| Summary | The Iranian nuclear crisis began to draw the attention of the international community since 2003. Starting from that year the European Union became the leading negotiator of a compromise solution with the Iranian government. Though the Iranian nuclear programme and the actions undertaken by the European Union in its attempt to convince Iran to abandon some parts of its nuclear programme have gained a great attention from scholars, there has so far been no attempt to explain the European Union’s approach towards the Iranian nuclear using European integration theories. This thesis aims to illustrate how rational choice institutionalism and sociological institutionalism can be combined in order to explain the European Union’s united approach towards the Iranian nuclear crisis and the means that member states decided to use in this particular case of foreign policy. The main finding of this research project is that member states’ decision to get involved with Iran was ‘rational’, in the sense that it was driven by the interests of the member states’ and of the European Union, but they chose the means of intervention from a set of options that was already defined by institutions. This thesis highlights that the member states choose conditionality and negotiations due to the values incorporated in the EU’s international identity, due to the socialization of member states in the CFSP realm and due to the social mobilization of non-state actors. |
| Supervisor | Littoz-Monnet, Annabelle |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/lasan_nicoleta.pdf |
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