The Moral Pitfalls of Foreign Policy Weakness

It is not very astonishing how quickly both the fight against the self-styled Islamic State and the refugee crisis, connected as they are, have turned into textbook cases of realpolitik.

Interests have topped values again in EU foreign policy. Or have they?

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ESO: Background information: Hollande’s emerging war strategy http://www.europeansources.info/record/hollandes-emerging-war-strategy/

ESO: Background information: Europe’s Foreign Policy Reaction to the Paris Attacks? Noise http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-foreign-policy-reaction-to-the-paris-attacks-noise/

ESO: Background information: The Five Building Blocks of EU Foreign Policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-five-building-blocks-of-eu-foreign-policy/

ESO: Background Information: International Summit: Meeting of the EU heads of state or government with Turkey, Brussels, 29 November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/international-summit-meeting-of-the-eu-heads-of-state-or-government-with-turkey-brussels-29-november-2015/

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