Submitted by Maastricht University on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 12:03

Recording now available as UACES youtube video here

Keynote at 2nd NORTIA Network Conference, Adam Mickiewicz University

The development of EU foreign policy

By Sir Robert Cooper

Sir Robert Cooper reflects on the making of EU foreign policy since the EPC, how the devasting EU experience in the Balkans shaped the EU foreign policy development, and the ingrained contradiction between abolishing foreign policy and establishing an international identity for the EU. He reflects on the important role of skilful politicians and diplomats, as well as the added value of the EEAS. Cooper creates an engaging and vivid sense of how EU foreign policy is still different and maybe ought to stay like this.

First reactions from Helene Sjursen (ARENA, University of Oslo) and Ben Tonra (University College Dublin)

Chair: Heidi Maurer (University of Oxford)

For a transcript of the keynote and the Q&A please see here: