Diplomacy, hybrid leadership, and EU actorness: assessing the role of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in the 2013 Kosovo-Serbia agreement

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Inês Ribeiro, Stylianos Kostas
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Abstract

Over the last decade, the role of the European Union (EU) High Representative (HR/VP) became increasingly salient. However, a systematic understanding of how this figure’s leadership shaped the character of EU diplomacy and actorness in peacekeeping is lacking. To address this issue, we analyse Catherine Ashton’s leadership (as the first HR/VP post Lisbon Treaty) in the 2013 Kosovo-Serbia agreement, a high point of her tenure. We argue that Ashton’s success is largely due to her hybrid leadership, alternating between transactional and transformational and capitalising on the EU’s presence and opportunities as an international actor. We propose the concept of hybrid leadership as an analytical tool and illustrate its relevance in an empirical case study. Our examination of Ashton’s hybrid leadership contributes to shedding light on the potential role of the future HR/VPs and on how these can reinforce EU leadership, diplomacy, and actorness, contributing to reinforcing the corresponding academic debates.
外交、混合领导和欧盟行动者:评估欧盟高级代表凯瑟琳·阿什顿在2013年科索沃-塞尔维亚协议中的作用
在过去的十年中,欧盟高级代表(HR/VP)的作用变得越来越突出。然而,对于这位人物的领导如何塑造了欧盟外交和维和行动的特点,人们缺乏系统的理解。为了解决这个问题,我们分析了凯瑟琳·阿什顿(Catherine Ashton)在2013年科索沃-塞尔维亚协议中的领导作用(作为里斯本条约后的第一位人力资源/副总裁),这是她任期内的一个高潮。我们认为,阿什顿的成功在很大程度上归功于她的混合型领导,在交易型和转型型之间交替,并充分利用了欧盟作为国际角色的存在和机遇。我们提出混合型领导的概念作为一种分析工具,并在实证案例研究中说明其相关性。我们对阿什顿混合型领导力的研究有助于揭示未来人力资源/副总裁的潜在角色,以及这些角色如何加强欧盟的领导力、外交和行为能力,有助于加强相应的学术辩论。
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自引率
16.70%
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审稿时长
10 weeks
期刊介绍: The Eastern Journal of European Studies (EJES) seeks to provide a forum for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogue between ideas, and a framework for theoretical and empirical analyses covering major topics in European studies: European history, politics, European economy and European policies, EU community law, European culture and society. EJES encourages studies focusing on Central and Eastern Europe (including Eastern Neighbourhood) in order to better understand its transformations induced by the integration process and to address its specific challenges by supporting scientific debates on the general European theory and practice. Furthermore, the editorial board regularly invites distinguished guest editors to coordinate thematic issues.
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