If Foreign Policy Paradigms Were on the Research Agenda…

Liv Frank; F. Asli Ergul Jorgensen; Knud Erik Jørgensen; Laura Landorff

If Foreign Policy Paradigms Were on the Research Agenda…

Publication date: 19.09.2022

Teoria Polityki, 2022, No. 6/2022, pp. 13-32

https://doi.org/10.4467/25440845TP.22.008.16020

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If Foreign Policy Paradigms Were on the Research Agenda…

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The aim of the article is to develop a conceptual framework for the analysis of foreign policy paradigms. In order to develop such a framework, we review the wider literature on policy paradigms and adapt it to the field of foreign relations and diplomacy. Adaptation includes the explication of key concepts, such as identity, values, goals, means and principles. Importantly, we do not only explicate key concepts, but also, subsequently, outline methodological avenues for empirical research on foreign policy paradigms. In this fashion, the article offers a conceptual framework that analysts can apply in empirical studies of both national and transnational foreign policy paradigms, including the field of EU foreign policy.

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policy paradigms, EEAS, foreign policy, methodology, normative structures, principles, values

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Information: Teoria Polityki, 2022, No. 6/2022, pp. 13-32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25440845TP.22.008.16020

Article type: Original article

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If Foreign Policy Paradigms Were on the Research Agenda…

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If Foreign Policy Paradigms Were on the Research Agenda…

Authors

Liv Frank

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4952-1678

Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

F. Asli Ergul Jorgensen

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2665-0602

Ege University, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

Knud Erik Jørgensen

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0868-5940

Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Laura Landorff

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3768-1124

Lund University

Published at: 19.09.2022

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F. Asli Ergul Jorgensen (Author) - 25%

Knud Erik Jørgensen (Author) - 25%

Laura Landorff (Author) - 25%

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