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Disentangling leadership dynamics in the EU’s external climate security policy - Collaborative leadership by the European Commission and the EEAS

Scharmann, Stefanie LU (2022) STVM23 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study examines whether the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) exercise collaborative leadership in the European Union's (EU) external climate security policy. While the academic debate acknowledges that both actors are very engaged in addressing external climate-related security risks, it does not answer whether they exercise a leadership role. Theoretically, the study starts with new intergovernmentalism, which sees the leadership role of the European Commission threatened by the creation of the EEAS. The concept of collaborative leadership takes a more optimistic approach, by assuming inter-institutional cooperation and leadership by multiple actors. To explore collaborative leadership by the... (More)
This study examines whether the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) exercise collaborative leadership in the European Union's (EU) external climate security policy. While the academic debate acknowledges that both actors are very engaged in addressing external climate-related security risks, it does not answer whether they exercise a leadership role. Theoretically, the study starts with new intergovernmentalism, which sees the leadership role of the European Commission threatened by the creation of the EEAS. The concept of collaborative leadership takes a more optimistic approach, by assuming inter-institutional cooperation and leadership by multiple actors. To explore collaborative leadership by the Commission and the EEAS, a qualitative most-likely case study is conducted, which mainly relies on semi-structured interviews with EU officials. The analysis shows that the Commission and the EEAS can be described as collaborative leaders. In this regard, the collaborative leadership capacity of both actors is more pronounced in the process of formulation of ideas on how to deal with climate-related security risks than when implementing these measures. (Less)
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author
Scharmann, Stefanie LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Climate security, European Commission, EEAS, collaborative leadership, new intergovernmentalism
language
English
id
9080203
date added to LUP
2022-07-04 09:19:06
date last changed
2022-07-04 09:19:06
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  abstract     = {{This study examines whether the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) exercise collaborative leadership in the European Union's (EU) external climate security policy. While the academic debate acknowledges that both actors are very engaged in addressing external climate-related security risks, it does not answer whether they exercise a leadership role. Theoretically, the study starts with new intergovernmentalism, which sees the leadership role of the European Commission threatened by the creation of the EEAS. The concept of collaborative leadership takes a more optimistic approach, by assuming inter-institutional cooperation and leadership by multiple actors. To explore collaborative leadership by the Commission and the EEAS, a qualitative most-likely case study is conducted, which mainly relies on semi-structured interviews with EU officials. The analysis shows that the Commission and the EEAS can be described as collaborative leaders. In this regard, the collaborative leadership capacity of both actors is more pronounced in the process of formulation of ideas on how to deal with climate-related security risks than when implementing these measures.}},
  author       = {{Scharmann, Stefanie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Disentangling leadership dynamics in the EU’s external climate security policy - Collaborative leadership by the European Commission and the EEAS}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}