This paper assesses the European Union's ability to implement integrated external action in conflict prevention, mediation and resolution. By examining EU involvement in four different crisis theatres, it evaluates the EU's performance in terms of perceptions by other parties and its capacity to act coherently and autonomously.

This paper provides a comprehensive, detailed and systematic mapping of the changing intra-EU and external opportunity structures since the launch of the European Neighbourhood Policy. It argues that the complex and shifting regional dynamics expose the inherent limits of the undifferentiated, uniform institutional design of the neighbourhood policy.

This working paper delivers a comprehensive examination of the European Union's strategic partnerships with Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and Turkey. By zooming in on critical policy areas of each relationship and the role of EU Member States therein, the paper sheds light on the horizontal and vertical coherence of the EU’s external action.