CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Ershova, Anastasia |
|---|---|
| Title | Institutional Arrangements of CFSP: Means for the "Soft" Power? |
| Summary | Studies of the Common Foreign and Security Policy have been extensively elaborated in the last years. However most of them have been focused on explaining the CFSP by using theories of International relations or focusing on particular institutions. Besides examining the influence of institutions on the making of CFSP, this paper explores how the consociational features of the EU condition the foreign policy decisions. I argue that because of these particular institutional arrangements the EU tends to exercise the “soft” power in its foreign policy rather than “hard” power. Content analysis was used to test proposed hypotheses. The main findings show that there is a causal relationship between the nature of CFSP and institutional arrangements predetermining the decision-making procedures. The shift from unanimity decision-making to QMV-based coincides with the increase of use of “hard” power by EU. The unanimity based on compromises remains to be the main decision-making principle in the sphere of CFSP as well as on the EU level as the whole. This can be explained by the fact the EU structures contain features of a consociational polity required for the inclusion of various interests. |
| Supervisor | Folsz, Attila |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/ershova_anastasia.pdf |
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