EU Foreign Policy through the Lens of Discourse Analysis

Caterina Carta is Assistant Professor at Vesalius College (VUB), Belgium, where she teaches Introduction to Political Theory, Introduction to International Relations and Theories of European Integration. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative and European Politics from the University of Siena. She is associated researcher at the Institute d'études européennes (IEE) at ULB, Brussels. Her articles have been published in Cooperation and Conflict, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and European Foreign Affairs Review. Jean-Frédéric Morin is Professor of International Relations at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, where he teaches international political economy, foreign policy analysis, and global environmental politics. His current research projects explore the global politics of intellectual property rights as well as the international biodiversity regime. His work has been published in leading journals such as International Studies Review, Global Governance, European Journal of International Politics, Review of International Political Economy, and Review of International Studies.

Introduction: EU Foreign Policy through the Lens of Discourse Analysis

Part I: Poststructuralist Approaches

1. Speaking Europe, Drawing Boundaries: Reflections on the Role of Discourse in EU Foreign Policy and Identity

2. Continuity or Change in National Foreign Policy Discourses Post-Lisbon? The Case of Denmark

3. Protection or Prevention? Different Visions of EU International Terrorism Policy

Part II: Constructivist Approaches

4. Constructing European Diplomacy in a Changing World

5. 'A Boost to our Economies that Doesn't Cost a Cent': EU Trade Policy Discourse since the Crisis

6. Model, Player or Instrument for Global Governance: Metaphors in the Discourse and Practice of EU Foreign Policy

Part III: Critical Discourse Analytical Approaches

7. Unravelling European Union Foreign Policy through Critical Discourse Analysis: Guidelines for Research

8. (De-)Constructing the EU as a Civilising Power: CFSP/CSDP and the Constitutional Debate in Poland and France

9. Talking about Solidarity and Security in the Age of Crisis: The Revival of Nationalism and Protectionism in the European Union – a Discourse-Historical Approach

10. From the 'Magnificent Castle' to the Brutish State of Nature: Use of Metaphors and the Analysis of the EU’s International Discourse

Part IV: Discursive Institutionalist Approaches

11. The EU's Normative Power and Three Modes of Liberal Communicative Discourse

12. Understanding 'Constructive Ambiguity' of European Defence Policy: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective

13. EU Leaders' Ideas and Discourse in the Eurozone Crisis: A Discursive Institutionalist Analysis