Research & Publications

The Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies conducts its own research activities, which mainly focus on the external relations of the European Union.

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Exploring EU Foreign Policy   Exploring EU Foreign Policy is a free online resource guide to academic literature, official documents and news about EU external action. Each theme and area is presented in a systematic and easily accessible way.
EU Diplomacy Papers   The Department publishes a series of working papers dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the European Union’s external relations and external aspects of EU internal policies. The EU Diplomacy Papers offer a platform for debate to visiting professors, staff and students as well as external contributors. Call for papers (download)
College of Europe Policy Briefs The Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies coordinates the College of Europe Policy Briefs (CEPOB), a series of short papers dealing with topical policy challenges related to European Union affairs
Bruges Regional Integration & Global Governance Papers  (publication discontinued) Together with UNU-CRIS the Department co-published from 2008-15 the BRIGG working papers dedicated to the study of the European Union and other forms of regionalism or interregionalism from a comparative perspective, the role of regional organisations in global governance as well as these regions' external relations and diplomacy.
EU China Observer (publication discontinued) In addition, the Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations published  from 2009 to 2020 the electronic journal EU-China Observer which provided an interdisciplinary platform for scholars and practitioners interested in exchanging ideas on current topics of EU-Chinese relations.

Books

The College of Europe runs a book series with the Peter Lang Publishing Group in which all study programmes participate. The College of Europe Studies publish research carried out at the College of Europe. Focused on the European Union and the European integration process, this research may be specialised in the areas of political science, law or economics, but much of it is of an interdisciplinary nature. See also Publications.

College of Europe Studies

• Vol. 18: European Union Foreign Policy and the Global Climate Regime by Simon SCHUNZ (2014)
• Vol. 15: European Union Diplomacy: Coherence, Unity and Effectiveness (with a Foreword by  Herman Van Rompuy) edited by Dieter MAHNCKE & Sieglinde GSTÖHL (2012)
• Vol. 14: The European Neighbourhood Policy's Challenges / Les défis de la politique européenne de voisinage edited by Erwan LANNON (2012)
• Vol. 12: Prospects and Challenges for EU-China Relations in the 21st Century - The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement by Jing MEN & Giuseppe BALDUCCI (2010)
• Vol. 4: Europe's Near Abroad: Promises and Prospects of the EU's Neighbourhood Policy by Dieter MAHNCKE  & Sieglinde GSTÖHL (2008)

Other books

• GSTÖHL, Sieglinde & Simon SCHUNZ (eds.), The External Action of the European Union: Concepts, Approaches, Theories, London, Red Globe Press, 2021.

• MEN Jing, SCHUNZ Simon and FREEMAN Duncan (eds), The Evolving Relationship between China, the EU and the USA: A New Global Order?, Abingdon, Routledge, 2020.

• GSTÖHL Sieglinde and PHINNEMORE David (eds.), The Proliferation of Privileged Partnerships between the European Union and its Neighbours, Abingdon, Routledge, 2019.

• GSTÖHL Sieglinde and DE BIÈVRE Dirk, The Trade Policy of the European Union, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

• DAMRO Chad, GSTÖHL Sieglinde & SCHUNZ Simon (eds.), The European Union’s Evolving External Engagement: Towards New Sectoral Diplomacies?, Abingdon, Routledge, 2018.

• MEN Jing and LINCK Annika (eds.), China and EU: Reform and Governance, Abingdon, Routledge, 2017.

• GSTÖHL Sieglinde and Simon SCHUNZ (eds.), Theorizing the European Neighbourhood Policy, Abingdon, Routledge, 2017.

• GSTÖHL Sieglinde (ed.), The European Neighbourhood Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Models, Challenges, Lessons, Abingdon, Routledge, 2016.
• GSTÖHL Sieglinde and LANNON Erwan (eds), The European Union’s Broader Neighbourhood: Challenges and Opportunities for Cooperation beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy, London, Routledge, 2015.
• GSTÖHL Sieglinde and LANNON Erwan (eds), The Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours: Diplomatic and Geopolitical Dimensions beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy, Farnham, Ashgate, 2014. 
• KEUKELEIRE Stephan & DELREUX Tom The Foreign Policy of the European Union, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 2nd edn.
• MEN Jing and PACHECO PARDO Ramon (eds.), special issue of Asia Europe Journal, January 2014
• REUTER Etienne and MEN Jing (eds.), EU-China Green Cooperation, Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2014
• MEN Jing and SHEN Wei (eds.), The European Union, the United States and China: Towards a New International Order? Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2014
• MEN Jing and BARTON Benjamin (eds.), China and the European Union in Africa: Partners or Competitors?, Farnham: Ashgate, 2011
• MEN Jing and BARTON Benjamin (eds.), China and the EU in Africa: Partners or Competitors?, (published in Chinese) Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2011.
• MEN Jing and BALDUCCI Giuseppe (eds.), Prospects and Challenges for EU-China Relations in the 21st Century: The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, Brussels: P.I.E. Peter Lang 2010