How does the European Union conduct its foreign policy in a turbulent world? Since its creation in 2010, what has the European External Action Service learned from shocks and crises? Jan Eijking speaks to former EEAS Managing Director for Africa and for the Middle East, Dr Nicholas Westcott, who is Professor of Practice at SOAS University of London. We spoke about crisis in the Sahel, the EU’s engagements in Libya and Syria, and the future of the EU in a turbulent world.

• More about the EEAS
• More about Nick Westcott
• More background on EU diplomacy

Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.

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