Articles by Seda Gürkan

October 1, 2024

Emotions are running high in EU foreign policy – and that's ok

Seda Gürkan

European politics are becoming increasingly emotional. But in times of war and rising autocratic populism, rational policy choices depend upon emotions to be effective. Özlem Terzi and Seda Gürkan argue that it's time for policy makers to start paying attention to fear and anger, but also to positive feelings.

Seda Gürkan

Assistant Professor in International Relations and EU Studies, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University

Seda is Visiting Professor at the College of Europe and an Affiliated Fellow and Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

Her teaching and research interests include EU foreign policy, autocratisation processes in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood, enlargement, European security and diplomacy, parliamentary diplomacy (European Parliament), emotions in international relations, and methodology in political science.

She recently co-edited the Special Issue Emotions in EU foreign policy – when and how do they matter? for the Journal of European Integration (with O. Terzi, 2024).

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