This book examines the impact on member states of long-term foreign policy co-operation through the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Focusing on Germany and the UK, it provides an up-to-date account of how they have navigated and responded to the demands co-operation places on all member states and how their national foreign policies and policy-making processes have changed and adapted as a consequence. As well as exploring in depth the foreign policy traditions and institutions in both states, the book also offers detailed analyses of how they addressed two major policy questions: the Iranian nuclear crisis; and the establishment and development of the European External Action Service. The book’s synthesis of country and case studies seeks to add to our understanding of the nature of inter-state co-operation in the area of foreign and security policy and what it means for the states involved.

本书研究了通过欧盟的共同外交和安全政策（CFSP）进行的长期外交政策合作对成员国的影响。本书以德国和英国为重点，提供了关于它们如何驾驭和应对合作对所有成员国提出的要求，以及它们的国家外交政策和决策过程如何因此而改变和调整的最新说明。除了深入探讨这两个国家的外交政策传统和机构之外，本书还详细分析了它们如何解决两个主要的政策问题：伊朗核危机；以及欧洲对外行动局的建立和发展。本书对国家和案例研究的综合，旨在增加我们对外交和安全政策领域国家间合作的性质及其对相关国家的意义的理解。