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ABSTRACT
This article traces the evolution of the EU strategic reflection which culminated in the publication of the EU Global Strategy (EUGS) in June 2016. It explains the choices made by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini over this time period—including both the initial strategic assessment and the final EUGS. It provides a behind the scenes view on the players, the organization and the methods of work used to produce a strategic vision for the EU’s role in the world.
Acknowledgements
I wish to thank the Editor and the anonymous reviewers of Contemporary Security Policy for their comments and queries.
Disclosure statement
The author is a Special Advisor to Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. In this position, she coordinated the work on and drafted the EU Global Strategy. This article reflects her personal views on the making of the EU Global Strategy.
Notes on contributor
Nathalie Tocci is Deputy Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Honorary Professor at the University of Tubingen and Special Advisor to Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. On behalf of the EU HRVP she drafted the EU Global Strategy and is part of the steering committee on its implementation. Previously she held research positions at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, the Transatlantic Academy, Washington, DC and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence. Her major publications include Turkey and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015; Multilateralism in the 21st Century, Routledge, 2013; Turkey’s European Future: Behind the Scenes of America’s Influence on EU-Turkey Relations, New York University Press, 2011; The EU and Conflict Resolution, Routledge, 2007 and EU Accession Dynamics and Conflict Resolution, Ashgate, 2004. Nathalie Tocci is the 2008 winner of the Anna Lindh award for the study of European Foreign Policy.