The European External Action Service

List of Tables<br>List of Figures<br>Notes on Contributors<br>Introduction: The EEAS as a Catalyst of Diplomatic Innovation; Jozef Bátora and David Spence <br>1. Theorizing the EU''s Diplomatic Service: Rational Player or Social Body?; Rebecca Adler-Nissen<br>PART I: THE NEW SETTING OF EU DIPLOMACY: problems and Prospects for the European External Action Service <br>2. The EEAS and its epistemic communities: the challenge of hybridism; David Spence <br>3. A hybrid service: organising efficient EU foreign policy; Cesare Onestini<br>4. The High Representative of the Union: the quest for leadership in EU foreign policy; Niklas Helwig <br>5. The Advance of a European Executive Order in Foreign Policy? Recruitment Practices in the European External Action Service (EEAS); Zuzana Murdoch and Jarle Trondal <br>6. The EEAS, EU External Assistance and Development Aid: Institutional Dissonance or Inter-service Harmony?; Isabelle Tannous<br>7. Democratic accountability and EU diplomacy: the EEAS and the role of the European Parliament; Kolja Raube<br>PART II: THE EEAS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW <br>8. Unus inter plures? The EEAS, the Vienna Convention and international diplomatic practice; Jan Wouters and Sanderijn Duquet <br>9. EU Law and the EEAS: Of Complex Competences and Constitutional Consequences; Geert De Baere and Ramses A. Wessel<br>PART III: EFFECTIVE MULTILATERALISM: EU DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS<br>10. The EU Delegation in New York: A Debut in High Political Drama; Katie Laatikainen<br>11. From the Convention to Lisbon: external competence and the uneasy transition for Geneva Delegations; David Spence<br>12. Effective multilateralism after Lisbon: the added value of the EEAS and the EU delegation in Vienna; Lars Erik Lundin<br>PART IV: BILATERALISM and EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC CAPACITY<br>13. National adaptation and survival in a changing European diplomacy; Rosa Balfour and Kristi Raik<br>14. Europe in America: an upgraded EU delegation in a reinforced system of European diplomatic coordination; Heidi Maurer<br>15. Representing the EU in China: European Bilateral Diplomacy in a Competitive Diplomatic Environment; Frauke Austermann<br>16. Structural Diplomacy and foreign policy: the Case of the EU Delegation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bruno Hanses and David Spence<br>PART V: ORGANIZING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DIPLOMATIC APPROACH<br>17. The EEAS and Crisis Management: the Organisational Challenges of a Comprehensive Approach; Allison Weston and Frederic Mérand<br>18. The Public Diplomacy Role of the EEAS: crafting a Resilient Image for Europe; Mai''a K. Davis Cross<br>19. Towards a EU Consular policy?; Ana Mar Fernandez-Pasarin<br>PART VI: HUMAN RESOURCES AND DIPLOMATIC TRAINING<br>20. Attitudes, identities and esprit de corps in the EEAS; Ana Juncos and Karolina Pomorska <br>21. Women in the EEAS: another Post-Westphalia Change?; Tereza Novotná<br>22. Preparing the Future: Diplomatic Training in the EU; Simon Duke<br>Index &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>