Federica Bicchi
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1590175 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Federica Bicchi |
| NOMBRES | Federica |
| APELLIDO | Bicchi |
| FIRMA | BICCHI F |
| AFILIACIONES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0897-489X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 321 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Keep on Talking! The Resilience of Multilateral Communications in EU Foreign Policy
Cultivating Communities of Practice
Where do communities of practice (CoPs) come from? What relationship do they entertain with institutions within or across which they develop? To what extent can institutions actually create CoPs? These questions are crucial, if only because of the benefits that CoPs are expected to bring, from innovation to learning to shared best practices. This article suggests that the most important relationship is between the CoP and its founding practice, w…
Diplomats as Skilful Bricoleurs of the Digital Age
The article analyses how and to what effect diplomats navigate a landscape in which the physical and the digital have become inextricably intertwined, with emphasis on written communications in the European Union (EU) foreign policy system from the 1970s to the present. Putting International Relations literature into dialogue with Management Studies (particularly media richness theory and sense-making), it looks at how diplomats work their way th…
Communities of practice and what they can do for International Relations
This article argues that communities of practice (CoPs) provide IR with a unique way to understand how a small group of committed people can make a difference to international politics. The point is addressed in three steps. First, the article advances our understanding of how CoPs work. While at its core a CoP is a group of people brought together by a practice they enjoy, a CoP also shares a sense of timing, placing, and humour. These aspects h…
Whither European diplomacy? Long-term trends and the impact of the Lisbon Treaty
The article analyses the evolution of European diplomacy over two decades, to assess the impact of the European External Action Service (EEAS) creation alongside consecutive waves of enlargement. Data is drawn from two original datasets about European Union (EU) member states’ diplomatic representations within the EU and across the globe. It shows that member states have maintained and strengthened their substantial diplomatic footprint across th…
Mobility hub or hollow? Cross-border travelling in the Mediterranean, 1995-2016
The Mediterranean is often portrayed as a hub of human mobility. In this article, we test this widespread view by exploring the structure of travel flows in the region over the last two decades (1995-2016). We find that mobility is much higher and increasing more strongly along the northern than along the southern shore, thus creating a growing mobility divide. South-north and north-south movements are even scarcer and stagnate or even decline ov…
Europe and the Occupation of Palestinian Territories Since 1967
New Directions in EU Foreign Policy Governance
This article explores new patterns of interaction in foreign affairs among European Union (EU) Member States post‐Lisbon, which have increased reliance on horizontal and informal practices. It argues that cross‐loading among Member States outside EU institutions has moved centre stage and contributed to smaller groups of like‐minded Member States working together. This shift challenges much of our understanding of Europeanization, which is based …
The Mediterranean, between unity and fault line
The word “Mediterranean” tends to elicit opposite views, acting as an indicator of assumptions about politics and normative considerations. This article explores two perspectives, and suggests a third. First, it looks at conceptions of the Mediterranean as a unitary actor. The Mediterranean as the “cradle of civilizations”, first described by Braudel, has been recently revived by Horden and Purcell, as well as by the Italian geo-hilosophers. A se…
The Occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967
50+ years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories have not existed in a vacuum. While much of the scholarly attention has scrutinized dynamics on the ground, the international context with
The debate about the occupation of Palestinian territories on UK campuses, from politicization to re-writing the rules
This paper traces the evolution of the debate on UK campuses since 2001 and shows how in the UK the occupation of Palestinian territories has become more a matter of domestic politics than an issue of foreign policy. It argues that the collapse of diplomatic processes in 2001 and 9/11 contributed to spark a (re)politicization of debates about the occupation on UK campuses, ignited predominantly by the Boycott Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movemen…
Europe, the Green Line and the Issue of the Israeli-Palestinian Border
The article analyses how the Europeans (meaning European states and the EC/EU) have progressively turned a discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian border into a foreign policy practice. While much of the literature highlights the existence of a ‘gap between discourse and practice’ when it comes to Europeans’ foreign policy stance towards the Arab-Israeli conflict, we argue that the gap is dynamic and has changed across time. In the absence of an …
The European Cooperation in the Southern Mediterranean
This article focuses on institutionalized forms of diplomatic cooperation among European Union ( eu ) members in southern Mediterranean capitals. It argues that European diplomatic cooperation represents a thin form of multilateralization of member states’ bilateral relations with southern Mediterranean countries. By analysing diplomatic presence on the ground, it shows that the European Union delegations in the area are not only big, but also po…
Europe under occupation
This article shows how the existence of a community of European practitioners in the Jerusalem area gives substance to the European stance on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The often-stated European Union (EU) support for a two-state solution could appear meaningless in the absence of peace negotiations. However, European diplomats (i.e. diplomats of EU member states and EU officials) in the East Jerusalem–Ramallah area are committed to specif…
The Politics of Foreign Aid and the European Neighbourhood Policy Post-Arab Spring
This contribution assesses the practices of EU aid to Arab countries in the Mediterranean in the post-Arab spring context, and in particular the role of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). It looks at the institutional practices relevant to EU foreign policy vis-à-vis Arab countries, the main ENP policy tenets (often summarized in the ‘more for more’ motto) and the financial practices of committing and disbursing funds on the ENP Instrument.…
The New Middle East
The New Middle East is one of the first comprehensive books to critically examine the Arab popular uprisings of 2011–12. While these uprisings prompted a number of cursory publications, this volume contains meticulous and thoughtful reflections on the causes, drivers and effects of these seminal events on the internal, regional and international politics of the Middle East and North Africa. Although specific conditions in individual countries tha…
EU Democracy Assistance in the Mediterranean
This article analyzes the European Union (EU) policy for democracy assistance toward the Southern Mediterranean countries and tracks changes in the last decade, with a special emphasis on the most recent period. It shows that the EU policy, which goes under the acronym of EIDHR, has evolved, but predominantly in response to internal dynamics rather than to developments in Arab countries. The EU has increasingly provided assistance to local actors…
Information exchanges, diplomatic networks and the construction of European knowledge in European Union foreign policy
This article analyses how, within the European Union foreign policy system, information is gathered and knowledge is constructed. The analysis is based on the evidence provided by a unique dataset, comprising the Heads of Mission reports between 1998 and 2010 and the EU member states’ diplomatic networks. After distinguishing between information and knowledge, the article tackles three related aspects. First, it shows that the EU is able not only…
The European External Action Service
This article analyses the role of the European External Action Service (EEAS) in EU foreign policy communications. Having cumulated a number of pre-existing functions, the EEAS is situated at the centre of the existing communication systems used in the European Union in relation to matters of foreign policy. Moreover, the EEAS is contributing to the expansion of the existing practice of foreign policy communications in three ways. First, it has a…
The Union for the Mediterranean, or the Changing Context of Euro-Mediterranean Relations
This contribution analyses the set of conditions that made the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) possible, highlighting the change vis-à-vis the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). First, it develops a conceptual framework for the analysis of the actors contributing or opposing the initiative, according to their attitude, motivation and resources invested in the process. Second, it examines the instit…
The Coreu Network and the Circulation of Information Within EU Foreign Policy 1
The COREU network is a little-studied but vitally important instrument of EU foreign policy, which in 2010 distributed nearly 8,500 messages on EU foreign policy to the 27 member states, the General Secretariat of the Council and the European Commission. This article presents an overview of its functioning and an analysis of its role, taking into account the creation of the European External Action Service. It argues that the COREU network has ma…
The EU as a community of practice
This contribution shows the added value of analysing the European Union (EU), and more specifically the EU foreign policy system, as a community of practice, i.e. a group of people who routinely get together on a common or similar enterprise with the aim of developing and sharing practical knowledge. The paper analyses the COREU network, which allows member states and EU institutions to exchange confidential information about foreign policy. It a…
Dilemmas of implementation
The article shows how and why, after having agreed upon a programme for democracy assistance under the name of European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the EU fell short of its original objectives in programme implementation. This is demonstrated by close analysis of microprojects in Mediterranean countries. The scope of EU action shrank as priorities for action were defined and projects approved. As a consequence, the EU has p…
Democracy Assistance in the Mediterranean
Democracy assistance has increasingly featured in the foreign policy discourse of the European Union toward the Mediterranean. This article overviews three of its key aspects. First, it shows how the Mediterranean has become an area for democracy assistance. Second, it focuses on the implementation of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), with a special emphasis on microprojects funded in the Mediterranean, showing the g…
The Convergence of Civilizations
Our size fits all
The article focuses on the normative connotation of European foreign policy and makes three points. First, through the criteria of inclusiveness and reflexivity, it draws a distinction between 'normative power Europe' and Europe as a 'civilizing power'. Second, the article puts forward a sociological institutionalist interpretation of the EU as a 'civilizing power'. It suggests that much of the EU's action can be characterized as an unreflexive a…
The EU as a community of practice
This contribution shows the added value of analysing the European Union (EU), and more specifically the EU foreign policy system, as a community of practice, i.e. a group of people who routinely get together on a common or similar enterprise with the aim of developing and sharing practical knowledge. The paper analyses the COREU network, which allows member states and EU institutions to exchange confidential information about foreign policy. It a…
New Directions in EU Foreign Policy Governance
This article explores new patterns of interaction in foreign affairs among European Union (EU) Member States post‐Lisbon, which have increased reliance on horizontal and informal practices. It argues that cross‐loading among Member States outside EU institutions has moved centre stage and contributed to smaller groups of like‐minded Member States working together. This shift challenges much of our understanding of Europeanization, which is based …
The Politics of Foreign Aid and the European Neighbourhood Policy Post-Arab Spring
This contribution assesses the practices of EU aid to Arab countries in the Mediterranean in the post-Arab spring context, and in particular the role of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). It looks at the institutional practices relevant to EU foreign policy vis-à-vis Arab countries, the main ENP policy tenets (often summarized in the ‘more for more’ motto) and the financial practices of committing and disbursing funds on the ENP Instrument.…
Information exchanges, diplomatic networks and the construction of European knowledge in European Union foreign policy
This article analyses how, within the European Union foreign policy system, information is gathered and knowledge is constructed. The analysis is based on the evidence provided by a unique dataset, comprising the Heads of Mission reports between 1998 and 2010 and the EU member states’ diplomatic networks. After distinguishing between information and knowledge, the article tackles three related aspects. First, it shows that the EU is able not only…
Dilemmas of implementation
The article shows how and why, after having agreed upon a programme for democracy assistance under the name of European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the EU fell short of its original objectives in programme implementation. This is demonstrated by close analysis of microprojects in Mediterranean countries. The scope of EU action shrank as priorities for action were defined and projects approved. As a consequence, the EU has p…
Democracy Assistance in the Mediterranean
Democracy assistance has increasingly featured in the foreign policy discourse of the European Union toward the Mediterranean. This article overviews three of its key aspects. First, it shows how the Mediterranean has become an area for democracy assistance. Second, it focuses on the implementation of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), with a special emphasis on microprojects funded in the Mediterranean, showing the g…
Talking Tough or Talking Together? European Security Discourses towards the Mediterranean
The tense security environment produced by 9/11 and subsequent terrorist bombings in Madrid, London as well as in Arab states from Morocco to Jordan had an impact on the understanding of various actors about political Islam, but this did not automatically entail a convergence of views or solutions to existing dilemmas. This article examines examples of security discourse towards Islam at three levels: at the level of the national member state (in…
The Union for the Mediterranean, or the Changing Context of Euro-Mediterranean Relations
This contribution analyses the set of conditions that made the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) possible, highlighting the change vis-à-vis the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). First, it develops a conceptual framework for the analysis of the actors contributing or opposing the initiative, according to their attitude, motivation and resources invested in the process. Second, it examines the instit…
Europe, the Green Line and the Issue of the Israeli-Palestinian Border
The article analyses how the Europeans (meaning European states and the EC/EU) have progressively turned a discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian border into a foreign policy practice. While much of the literature highlights the existence of a ‘gap between discourse and practice’ when it comes to Europeans’ foreign policy stance towards the Arab-Israeli conflict, we argue that the gap is dynamic and has changed across time. In the absence of an …
Whither European diplomacy? Long-term trends and the impact of the Lisbon Treaty
The article analyses the evolution of European diplomacy over two decades, to assess the impact of the European External Action Service (EEAS) creation alongside consecutive waves of enlargement. Data is drawn from two original datasets about European Union (EU) member states’ diplomatic representations within the EU and across the globe. It shows that member states have maintained and strengthened their substantial diplomatic footprint across th…
The European External Action Service
This article analyses the role of the European External Action Service (EEAS) in EU foreign policy communications. Having cumulated a number of pre-existing functions, the EEAS is situated at the centre of the existing communication systems used in the European Union in relation to matters of foreign policy. Moreover, the EEAS is contributing to the expansion of the existing practice of foreign policy communications in three ways. First, it has a…
The Coreu Network and the Circulation of Information Within EU Foreign Policy 1
The COREU network is a little-studied but vitally important instrument of EU foreign policy, which in 2010 distributed nearly 8,500 messages on EU foreign policy to the 27 member states, the General Secretariat of the Council and the European Commission. This article presents an overview of its functioning and an analysis of its role, taking into account the creation of the European External Action Service. It argues that the COREU network has ma…
Communities of practice and what they can do for International Relations
This article argues that communities of practice (CoPs) provide IR with a unique way to understand how a small group of committed people can make a difference to international politics. The point is addressed in three steps. First, the article advances our understanding of how CoPs work. While at its core a CoP is a group of people brought together by a practice they enjoy, a CoP also shares a sense of timing, placing, and humour. These aspects h…
Cultivating Communities of Practice
Where do communities of practice (CoPs) come from? What relationship do they entertain with institutions within or across which they develop? To what extent can institutions actually create CoPs? These questions are crucial, if only because of the benefits that CoPs are expected to bring, from innovation to learning to shared best practices. This article suggests that the most important relationship is between the CoP and its founding practice, w…
The European Cooperation in the Southern Mediterranean
This article focuses on institutionalized forms of diplomatic cooperation among European Union ( eu ) members in southern Mediterranean capitals. It argues that European diplomatic cooperation represents a thin form of multilateralization of member states’ bilateral relations with southern Mediterranean countries. By analysing diplomatic presence on the ground, it shows that the European Union delegations in the area are not only big, but also po…
Keep on Talking! The Resilience of Multilateral Communications in EU Foreign Policy
Diplomats as Skilful Bricoleurs of the Digital Age
The article analyses how and to what effect diplomats navigate a landscape in which the physical and the digital have become inextricably intertwined, with emphasis on written communications in the European Union (EU) foreign policy system from the 1970s to the present. Putting International Relations literature into dialogue with Management Studies (particularly media richness theory and sense-making), it looks at how diplomats work their way th…
The Mediterranean, between unity and fault line
The word “Mediterranean” tends to elicit opposite views, acting as an indicator of assumptions about politics and normative considerations. This article explores two perspectives, and suggests a third. First, it looks at conceptions of the Mediterranean as a unitary actor. The Mediterranean as the “cradle of civilizations”, first described by Braudel, has been recently revived by Horden and Purcell, as well as by the Italian geo-hilosophers. A se…
The Occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967
50+ years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories have not existed in a vacuum. While much of the scholarly attention has scrutinized dynamics on the ground, the international context with
The debate about the occupation of Palestinian territories on UK campuses, from politicization to re-writing the rules
This paper traces the evolution of the debate on UK campuses since 2001 and shows how in the UK the occupation of Palestinian territories has become more a matter of domestic politics than an issue of foreign policy. It argues that the collapse of diplomatic processes in 2001 and 9/11 contributed to spark a (re)politicization of debates about the occupation on UK campuses, ignited predominantly by the Boycott Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movemen…
EU Democracy Assistance in the Mediterranean
This article analyzes the European Union (EU) policy for democracy assistance toward the Southern Mediterranean countries and tracks changes in the last decade, with a special emphasis on the most recent period. It shows that the EU policy, which goes under the acronym of EIDHR, has evolved, but predominantly in response to internal dynamics rather than to developments in Arab countries. The EU has increasingly provided assistance to local actors…
The Convergence of Civilizations
Talking Tough or Talking Together? European Security Discourses towards the Mediterranean
The tense security environment produced by 9/11 and subsequent terrorist bombings in Madrid, London as well as in Arab states from Morocco to Jordan had an impact on the understanding of various actors about political Islam, but this did not automatically entail a convergence of views or solutions to existing dilemmas. This article examines examples of security discourse towards Islam at three levels: at the level of the national member state (in…
Our size fits all
The article focuses on the normative connotation of European foreign policy and makes three points. First, through the criteria of inclusiveness and reflexivity, it draws a distinction between 'normative power Europe' and Europe as a 'civilizing power'. Second, the article puts forward a sociological institutionalist interpretation of the EU as a 'civilizing power'. It suggests that much of the EU's action can be characterized as an unreflexive a…
Democracy Assistance in the Mediterranean
Democracy assistance has increasingly featured in the foreign policy discourse of the European Union toward the Mediterranean. This article overviews three of its key aspects. First, it shows how the Mediterranean has become an area for democracy assistance. Second, it focuses on the implementation of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), with a special emphasis on microprojects funded in the Mediterranean, showing the g…
Dilemmas of implementation
The article shows how and why, after having agreed upon a programme for democracy assistance under the name of European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the EU fell short of its original objectives in programme implementation. This is demonstrated by close analysis of microprojects in Mediterranean countries. The scope of EU action shrank as priorities for action were defined and projects approved. As a consequence, the EU has p…
The Union for the Mediterranean, or the Changing Context of Euro-Mediterranean Relations
This contribution analyses the set of conditions that made the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) possible, highlighting the change vis-à-vis the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). First, it develops a conceptual framework for the analysis of the actors contributing or opposing the initiative, according to their attitude, motivation and resources invested in the process. Second, it examines the instit…
The Coreu Network and the Circulation of Information Within EU Foreign Policy 1
The COREU network is a little-studied but vitally important instrument of EU foreign policy, which in 2010 distributed nearly 8,500 messages on EU foreign policy to the 27 member states, the General Secretariat of the Council and the European Commission. This article presents an overview of its functioning and an analysis of its role, taking into account the creation of the European External Action Service. It argues that the COREU network has ma…
The EU as a community of practice
This contribution shows the added value of analysing the European Union (EU), and more specifically the EU foreign policy system, as a community of practice, i.e. a group of people who routinely get together on a common or similar enterprise with the aim of developing and sharing practical knowledge. The paper analyses the COREU network, which allows member states and EU institutions to exchange confidential information about foreign policy. It a…
The European External Action Service
This article analyses the role of the European External Action Service (EEAS) in EU foreign policy communications. Having cumulated a number of pre-existing functions, the EEAS is situated at the centre of the existing communication systems used in the European Union in relation to matters of foreign policy. Moreover, the EEAS is contributing to the expansion of the existing practice of foreign policy communications in three ways. First, it has a…
The New Middle East
The New Middle East is one of the first comprehensive books to critically examine the Arab popular uprisings of 2011–12. While these uprisings prompted a number of cursory publications, this volume contains meticulous and thoughtful reflections on the causes, drivers and effects of these seminal events on the internal, regional and international politics of the Middle East and North Africa. Although specific conditions in individual countries tha…
EU Democracy Assistance in the Mediterranean
This article analyzes the European Union (EU) policy for democracy assistance toward the Southern Mediterranean countries and tracks changes in the last decade, with a special emphasis on the most recent period. It shows that the EU policy, which goes under the acronym of EIDHR, has evolved, but predominantly in response to internal dynamics rather than to developments in Arab countries. The EU has increasingly provided assistance to local actors…
Information exchanges, diplomatic networks and the construction of European knowledge in European Union foreign policy
This article analyses how, within the European Union foreign policy system, information is gathered and knowledge is constructed. The analysis is based on the evidence provided by a unique dataset, comprising the Heads of Mission reports between 1998 and 2010 and the EU member states’ diplomatic networks. After distinguishing between information and knowledge, the article tackles three related aspects. First, it shows that the EU is able not only…
The Politics of Foreign Aid and the European Neighbourhood Policy Post-Arab Spring
This contribution assesses the practices of EU aid to Arab countries in the Mediterranean in the post-Arab spring context, and in particular the role of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). It looks at the institutional practices relevant to EU foreign policy vis-à-vis Arab countries, the main ENP policy tenets (often summarized in the ‘more for more’ motto) and the financial practices of committing and disbursing funds on the ENP Instrument.…
Europe under occupation
This article shows how the existence of a community of European practitioners in the Jerusalem area gives substance to the European stance on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The often-stated European Union (EU) support for a two-state solution could appear meaningless in the absence of peace negotiations. However, European diplomats (i.e. diplomats of EU member states and EU officials) in the East Jerusalem–Ramallah area are committed to specif…
The European Cooperation in the Southern Mediterranean
This article focuses on institutionalized forms of diplomatic cooperation among European Union ( eu ) members in southern Mediterranean capitals. It argues that European diplomatic cooperation represents a thin form of multilateralization of member states’ bilateral relations with southern Mediterranean countries. By analysing diplomatic presence on the ground, it shows that the European Union delegations in the area are not only big, but also po…
The Mediterranean, between unity and fault line
The word “Mediterranean” tends to elicit opposite views, acting as an indicator of assumptions about politics and normative considerations. This article explores two perspectives, and suggests a third. First, it looks at conceptions of the Mediterranean as a unitary actor. The Mediterranean as the “cradle of civilizations”, first described by Braudel, has been recently revived by Horden and Purcell, as well as by the Italian geo-hilosophers. A se…
The Occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967
50+ years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories have not existed in a vacuum. While much of the scholarly attention has scrutinized dynamics on the ground, the international context with
The debate about the occupation of Palestinian territories on UK campuses, from politicization to re-writing the rules
This paper traces the evolution of the debate on UK campuses since 2001 and shows how in the UK the occupation of Palestinian territories has become more a matter of domestic politics than an issue of foreign policy. It argues that the collapse of diplomatic processes in 2001 and 9/11 contributed to spark a (re)politicization of debates about the occupation on UK campuses, ignited predominantly by the Boycott Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movemen…
Europe, the Green Line and the Issue of the Israeli-Palestinian Border
The article analyses how the Europeans (meaning European states and the EC/EU) have progressively turned a discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian border into a foreign policy practice. While much of the literature highlights the existence of a ‘gap between discourse and practice’ when it comes to Europeans’ foreign policy stance towards the Arab-Israeli conflict, we argue that the gap is dynamic and has changed across time. In the absence of an …
New Directions in EU Foreign Policy Governance
This article explores new patterns of interaction in foreign affairs among European Union (EU) Member States post‐Lisbon, which have increased reliance on horizontal and informal practices. It argues that cross‐loading among Member States outside EU institutions has moved centre stage and contributed to smaller groups of like‐minded Member States working together. This shift challenges much of our understanding of Europeanization, which is based …
Europe and the Occupation of Palestinian Territories Since 1967
Whither European diplomacy? Long-term trends and the impact of the Lisbon Treaty
The article analyses the evolution of European diplomacy over two decades, to assess the impact of the European External Action Service (EEAS) creation alongside consecutive waves of enlargement. Data is drawn from two original datasets about European Union (EU) member states’ diplomatic representations within the EU and across the globe. It shows that member states have maintained and strengthened their substantial diplomatic footprint across th…
Mobility hub or hollow? Cross-border travelling in the Mediterranean, 1995-2016
The Mediterranean is often portrayed as a hub of human mobility. In this article, we test this widespread view by exploring the structure of travel flows in the region over the last two decades (1995-2016). We find that mobility is much higher and increasing more strongly along the northern than along the southern shore, thus creating a growing mobility divide. South-north and north-south movements are even scarcer and stagnate or even decline ov…
Communities of practice and what they can do for International Relations
This article argues that communities of practice (CoPs) provide IR with a unique way to understand how a small group of committed people can make a difference to international politics. The point is addressed in three steps. First, the article advances our understanding of how CoPs work. While at its core a CoP is a group of people brought together by a practice they enjoy, a CoP also shares a sense of timing, placing, and humour. These aspects h…
Diplomats as Skilful Bricoleurs of the Digital Age
The article analyses how and to what effect diplomats navigate a landscape in which the physical and the digital have become inextricably intertwined, with emphasis on written communications in the European Union (EU) foreign policy system from the 1970s to the present. Putting International Relations literature into dialogue with Management Studies (particularly media richness theory and sense-making), it looks at how diplomats work their way th…
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