Conceptual framework on the context of EUFSP

Conceptual framework on how the rapidly changing and contested domestic and international environment sets the conditions for the EU and its member states to address crises and conflicts. The conceptual framework will build on the literature reviews on internal EU contestation, regional fragmentation and multipolar competition, but will focus particularly on the interaction between the three factors as a constraining dynamic preventing the EU and its member states to generate consensus on objectives and instruments and coordinate their engagements with external players.