External Action Service review: why it’s important

Commentary feature on the European External Action Service (EEAS) in the context of a forthcoming review by the EU of the first years of operation of the EEAS.

Rosa Balfour is an analyst at the European Policy Centre, a think tank in Brussels. Kristi Raik works at the Finnish Institute for International Affairs in Helsinki

ESO: Background information: European External Action Service http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-european-external-action-service/

ESO: Information Guide: European External Action Service http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-external-action-service/

Blog: Public Service Europe, 13.03.13: Time to 'reinforce' common EU foreign policy http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3203/time-to-reinforce-common-eu-foreign-policy

European Policy Centre: The European External Action Service and National Diplomacies, March 2013 http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?pub_id=3385&cat_id=2

European Policy Centre: Equipping the European Union for the 21st century, January 2013 http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?pub_id=3232&cat_id=2

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