Green foreign policy snapshots
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Green Foreign Policy Snapshots

Preliminary findings report
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Green foreign policy, lacking an agreed upon definition, is often misquoted and misinterpreted, narrowed down to only protecting the natural environment or dismissed as wishful thinking. In this preliminary study conducted in 2022, we attempted to see beyond scattered political opinion by analysing data, i.e. foreign policy positions of green parties from around the world, through the lens of political science and international relations theory. Indeed, these preliminary findings indicate global points of reference, in the direction of the liberal institutionalism school of thought. Partial or complete, a green foreign policy doctrine may be an eventuality based on these initial findings. Nevertheless, this remains to be seen through further studies based on international relations theory.

Product details
Date of Publication
2023
Publisher
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Thessaloniki
Number of Pages
42
Licence
Language of publication
English
ISBN / DOI
978-618-5580-30-8
Table of contents

Prologue: Identifying the values behind the terms          2

Chapter 1: Introduction        4

Chapter 2: Methodology       8

2.1 Preparatory Stage     8

2.2 The selection criteria for sampling 9

2.3 The material selected 11

Chapter 3: Preliminary Characteristics      15

3.1 Introductory remarks  15

3.2 Preliminary analysis of characteristics   18

3.2.1 Characteristic 1: Elements of Normative Foreign Policy    18

3.2.2 Characteristic 2: Elements of Interventionism     20

3.2.3 Characteristic 3: Climate Policy & Sustainability 22

3.2.4 Characteristic 4: Elements of Feminist Foreign Policy     24

3.2.5 Characteristic 5: Fair Trade, Development & Resources     26

3.2.6 Characteristic 6: Promotion of Peace / Non Violence       28

3.2.7 Characteristic 7: Promotion of Human Rights       30

3.2.8 Characteristic 8: Prohibition-Restriction of Arms / Arms Trade    32

3.2.9 Characteristic 9: International Cooperation / Alliances   34

3.2.10 Characteristic 10: Participatory Decision-making 36

Chapter 4: Conclusions       39

Endnotes        40