Portugal and the Netherlands: punching above their weight?

This chapter explores attitudes and actions of Greek and Slovenian diplomacies towards the European External Action Service (EEAS). It examines the two countries' attitudes towards the EEAS, its leadership and its relations with other institutional actors, including the national diplomacies. The core objective of Slovenian foreign policy after gaining independence was to consolidate its place in the Euro-Atlantic security community in order to deflect any potential security threat from its immediate neighbourhood. The only new area in which there has been significant potential for Greece has b... Mehr ...