Feminist Foreign Policy

Energy and Resistance
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4783-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Feminist Reimagining of International Studies

Since Sweden launched the world’s first Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP), the concept has become ubiquitous in foreign policy studies and practice. This book examines its rapid global diffusion, the challenges it faces and the fierce resistance it has provoked.

Featuring contributions from academics, activists and practitioners, the book interrogates FFP’s intersections with militarism, colonialism and patriarchy, while tracing its spread beyond the Global North. Amid democratic decline and surging far-right forces, it not only explores the rollback of feminist gains but also the resilience and creativity of civil society advocacy. Enriched with creative entries like poetry, this collection offers a bold multidisciplinary exploration of FFP’s transformative possibilities, and contested, uncertain future in global politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Achilleos-Sarll, Columba

Haastrup, Toni

Thomson, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Militärische Institutionen, Gedenkstätten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Columba Achilleos-Sarll, Toni Haastrup and Jennifer Thomson

Part I. Reimagining a Different World

1. A Feminist Foreign Policy for Our Times - Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson

2. First Nations and Feminist Approaches to Foreign Policy in Australia - A conversation with Julie Ballangarry and Alice Ridge, moderated by Jennifer Thomson

Part II. Talking Back: Who Gets to Do FFP?

3. Feminist Foreign Policy or Gender Equality? The Role of African Feminists and Civil Society - Helen Kezie-Nwoha

4. Together in the Movement: Six Lessons from Youth, for the Feminist Foreign Policy Community of Practice - Elinor McNamee

5. Learning from the Majority World: Decolonial Feminisms to Build Feminist Foreign Policies - Kirthi Jayakumar

Part III: Contestations within FFP

6. Feminist Approaches to Foreign Policy: Perspectives from Europe’s East - Katerina Krulišová, Míla O’Sullivan, Maryna Shevtsova and Oksana Potapova

7. The Martial Politics of Feminist Foreign Policy - Toni Haastrup, Annika Bergman Rosamond and Christine Agius

8. as I F - Fatim Selina Diaby and Miriam Mona Mukalazi

Part IV. FFP within the Gender Governance Architecture

9. Feminist Foreign Policy Falling Flat - Detmer Kremer and Eva Tabbasam

10. Co-Existence or Competition? The Discursive and Normative Politics of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and Feminist Foreign Policies - Laurence Deschamps-Laporte and Be´ne´dicte Santoire

11. Anti-Genderism and FFP: Paying Attention to the Domestic Politics of Gender - Clara Eroukhmanoff and Hannah Partis-Jennings

12. Feminist Foreign Policy: A Practitioner’s View from Paris - Delphine O.

13. Conclusion: What does Feminist Foreign Policy Mean In Practice? Insights from Colombia, Ukraine, Sudan and Palestine - Laura Beltran, Olena Yermakova, Reem Abbas & Ashjan Ajour

Afterword: What is at Stake When Calling Foreign Policy Feminist? - Laura Sjoberg

Über Autor(innen)

Haastrup, Toni
Toni Haastrup is Professor and Chair in Global Politics at the University of Manchester.

Thomson, Jennifer
Jennifer Thomson is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Bath.

Achilleos-Sarll, Columba
Columba Achilleos-Sarll is Associate Professor in Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham.

Columba Achilleos-Sarll is Associate Professor in Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham.

Toni Haastrup is Professor and Chair in Global Politics at the University of Manchester.

Jennifer Thomson is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Bath.