{"id":2423,"date":"2014-06-03T12:01:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2014-06-03T12:01:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:01:54","slug":"policy-brief-geopolitical-expertise-european-institutions-diplomats-know-know-merje-kuus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/2014\/policy-brief-geopolitical-expertise-european-institutions-diplomats-know-know-merje-kuus\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Brief: &#8220;Geopolitical Expertise in European Institutions: Or, How Do Diplomats Know What They Know?&#8221; by Merje Kuus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Kuus Policy Brief\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuus-policy-brief-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Policy brief<\/a> (June 2014) by Merje Kuus.\u00a0 This policy brief examines expert authority in Brussels: what counts as expertise, and how to understand the European Union\u2019s relations with member states and third countries.\u00a0 Based on a seven-year study of geopolitical knowledge production in EU institutions, this brief first summarizes three findings of direct policy relevance.\u00a0 These touch on informal versus formal dynamics of knowledge production, the fluidity of decision-making categories, and the need for imaginative, thoughtful actors.\u00a0 This brief then makes recommendations for analyzing European decision-making.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kuus Policy Brief\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuus-policy-brief-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2428\" alt=\"Kuus policy brief 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuus-policy-brief-2014_Page_1-240x310.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy brief (June 2014) by Merje Kuus.\u00a0 This policy brief examines expert authority in Brussels: what counts as expertise, and how to understand the European Union\u2019s relations with member states and third countries.\u00a0 Based on a seven-year study of geopolitical knowledge production in EU institutions, this brief first summarizes three findings of direct policy relevance.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,38,25],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Policy Brief: &quot;Geopolitical Expertise in European Institutions: Or, How Do Diplomats Know What They Know?&quot; 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