Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy: Leaders, Cognitions, and Questions of Insitutional Viability

In the 1970s, Henry Kissinger famously lamented, "Who do I call if I want to call Europe?" Kissinger's implication was clear: Although Europe was moving toward a union, it lacked the necessary coherence to grapple with emerging international issues. Since then, the institutional momentum of the EU toward a common foreign and security policy has increased considerably. Yet, the viability of this institutionalization effort is questionable. This book advances a new perspective on this paradox, arguing that in order to understand institutional success and failure one must investigate the changing cognitive propensities of leaders in key states forming the institution.

About the Author:
Akan Malici is Assistant Professor at Furman University in South Carolina