EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy in Germany and the UK

Nicholas Wright is Teaching Fellow in EU Politics at University College London. He has worked on major EU-focused research projects examining the European Commission and General Secretariat of the Council; has written on a range of British and German foreign policy topics; and contributed to UK parliamentary inquiries on the foreign and defence policy implications of Brexit.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: From pusillanimous realism to defensive engagement: Britain’s changing relationship with the CFSP.- Chapter 3: Institutional structures and processes: British foreign policy-making and the CFSP.- Chapter 4: Winding up the machine: How the UK engages with the CFSP.- Chapter 5: From perennial follower to ‘reluctant’ leader? Germany’s relationship with the CFSP.- Chapter 6: Institutional structures and processes: German foreign policy-making and the CFSP.- Chapter 7: Emerging leadership: How Germany engages with the CFSP.- Chapter 8: Countering proliferation: the Iran nuclear negotiations (2002-2015).- Chapter 9: The establishment of the European External Action Service.- Chapter 10: Conclusion.