Personal Diplomacy in the EU

Vogt goes beyond the widespread reductionist and deterministic assumptions about the role of individuals in European diplomacy. He suggests an alternative analytical framework that illustrates the often unforeseen ways how different leaders encountered and reacted to the circumstances around them, how they developed trust and working relationships among each other, and how their own ideas about ‘Europe’ played a role in informing their political behaviour and negotiation strategies. Last but not least, this book stresses the central role of risk-taking for the exercise of leadership.