Foreign & Security Policy

The Foreign and Security Policy Programme contributes to the development of convincing alternatives to the dominant but deadlocked approach of realism in international practice, focusing on the narratives of feminist and green foreign policy through data collection and analysis guided by diplomatic practice, critical theory and international relations theory.

Coordinator of the Programme

Articles

Applications for the Green Foreign Policy Fellowship are now open

The Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Thessaloniki Office is pleased to announce the first iteration of our Green Foreign Policy Fellowship, aiming to support scholars, practitioners and experts from across the world in galvanizing critical discussions, developing convincing alternatives to the dominant but deadlocked approach of realism in international affairs, through data collection and analysis, guided by diplomatic practice, critical theory, and international relations theory. Up to the challenge? Apply today! (Application Period: 05-31/05/2025)

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The German action plan for Climate Foreign Policy and the manifestos of Green parties

ARTICLE

The German government recently adopted an action plan for its climate foreign policy. This article presents the core characteristics of this plan. Furthermore, it compares these characteristics with the findings of a recently published study conducted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, which attempts to determine the concept of “green foreign policy”. The conclusion is that the German plan is indeed directed towards a concrete green strategy.

By Ιannis Konstantinidis

What is feminist about Germany’s current foreign and development policy?

Editorial

It has been now almost one year since Germany introduced its feminist foreign and development policy. For FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders, this endeavour meant to influence especially the German process of implementing these feminist policies.

By Miriam Mona Mukalazi

Media

‘Retrieved’: A Feminist Foreign Policy Podcast Series

Published: 4 September 2023

The future of foreign policy can be better. In the five episodes of this series of podcasts, with the help of policy advisors, journalists, researchers, and politicians, we examine how feminist foreign policy can reflect the interests of all genders and often overlooked stakeholders: from peace-building and climate, to migration and defence policy, we look to examples from across the EU that show how this bold new model benefits society at large - and the challenges on the horizon.

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Publications

EU statecraft in the age of permacrisis

PUBLICATION

The purpose of this working paper is twofold. First, to suggest and examine how the EU can enhance its security and its global role, without diverting its focus to the remilitarization of European politics. Second, to examine how, in the age of permacrisis, deliberative and discursive processes should be at the heart of EU public diplomacy.

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Green Foreign Policy Snapshots

PUBLICATION

Green foreign policy, lacking an agreed upon definition, is often misquoted and misinterpreted, narrowed down to only protecting the natural environment. In this preliminary study conducted in 2022, we attempted to see beyond scattered political opinion by analysing data. Partial or complete, a green foreign policy doctrine may be an eventuality based on these initial findings.

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