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Appendix 2: List of Witnesses

Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/review-eu-foreign-policy and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).

Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with a ** gave both oral and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.

Oral evidence in chronological order

**	Professor Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science	QQ 1–10
*	Mr Henry Wilkinson, Head of Intelligence and Analysis, The Risk Advisory Group	QQ 1–10
*	Sir Robert Cooper KCMG MVO, former Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union	QQ 11–20
**	Mr Chris Sainty, Head of EU External Department, Europe Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	QQ 21–34
*	Mr Richard Lindsay, Head of Security Policy Department, Defence and International Security Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	QQ 21–34
*	Mr James Watt CVO, former British Ambassador to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon	QQ 35–45
*	Professor Charles Tripp FBA, Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London	QQ 35–45
*	Mr Imad Mesdoua, Political Analyst, Africa Matters Limited	QQ 35–45
*	Mr Marc Pierini, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Europe and former European Union Ambassador to Turkey, Tunisia and Libya, Syria, Morocco	QQ 46–57
*	Mr Hans Wessberg, Member, European Court of Auditors and former State Secretary, Swedish Prime Minister’s Office	QQ 58–66
*	Mr Peter Eklund, Head of Private Office, European Court of Auditors	QQ 58–66
*	Mr Pierre Vimont, Senior Associate, Carnegie Europe and former Executive Secretary-General, European External Action Service	QQ 67–76
*	Mr Lawrence Meredith, Head of Unit, Strategy and Turkey, Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission	QQ 77–91
*	Dr Nicholas Westcott CMG, Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service	QQ 92–108
*	General Sir Richard Shirreff KCB CBE, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO	QQ 109–123
*	Professor Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics, Tufts University	QQ 124–137
*	Dr Lars-Erik Lundin, Distinguished Associate Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and former EU Ambassador to the International Organisations in Vienna	QQ 124–137
*	Dr James Ker-Lindsay, Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science and Research Associate, Centre of International Studies, University of Oxford	QQ 138–149
*	Professor Adam Fagan, Professor of European Politics, Queen Mary, University of London	QQ 138–149
*	Mr Matthew Rojansky, Director of the Kennan Institute, Wilson Centre	QQ 150–160
*	Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp, President of the Federal Academy of Security Policy, Berlin	QQ 161–174
*	Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe	QQ 175–188

As part of the inquiry the Committee visited Brussels, 19-20 October 2015. Evidence was taken from the following witnesses:

*	Mr Alessandro Cortese, Italian Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the EU
*	Mr Michael Flügger, German Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the EU
*	Mr Philippe Setton, French Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the EU
*	Mr Maciej Karasiński, Head of CSDP Section, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU

A note of this evidence is provided in Appendix 4.

Evidence was also taken from the following witness off the record:

Mr Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General - CSDP and Crisis Response, European External Action Service

Alphabetical list of all witnesses

	Dr Rosa Balfour, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States	FSP0021
	Dr Federica Bicchi, London School of Economics and Political Science	FSP0006
	Professor Steven Blockmans, Head of EU Foreign Policy, CEPS (Brussels) and Professor of EU External Relations Law and Governance, University of Amsterdam	FSP0023
	Dr Laura Chappell, University of Surrey	FSP0015
	Dr Nicola Chelotti, London School of Economics and Political Science	FSP0006
*	Sir Robert Cooper KCMG MVO, former Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (QQ 11–20)
*	Mr Alessandro Cortese, Italian Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the EU
*	Professor Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics, Tufts University (QQ 124–137)
	Dr Simon Duke, Professor, European Institute of Public Administration	FSP0002
	Dr Spyros Economides, London School of Economics and Political Science	FSP0006
*	Mr Peter Eklund, Head of Private Office, European Court of Auditors (QQ 58–66)
*	Professor Adam Fagan, Professor of European Politics, Queen Mary, University of London (QQ 138–149)
*	Mr Michael Flügger, German Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the EU
	Dr Catherine Gegout, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Nottingham	FSP0008
	Dr Roberta Guerrina, Reader in Politics, University of Surrey	FSP0015
	Dr Amelia Hadfield, Director of the Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS) Politics & IR Programme, Canterbury Christ Church University	FSP0013
	Mr Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission	FSP0024
	Dr Thomas Henökl, Senior Researcher, German Development Institute	FSP0009 FSP0014
	Professor Stephanie Hofmann, Associate Professor, Centre on Conflict, Peacebuilding and Development, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies	FSP0020
	Professor Knud Erik Jørgensen, Yaşar University	FSP0022
*	Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp, President of the Federal Academy of Security Policy, Berlin (QQ 161–174)
*	Mr Maciej Karasiński, Head of CSDP Section, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
*	Dr James Ker-Lindsay, Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science and Research Associate, Centre of International Studies, University of Oxford (QQ 138–149)
	Professor Dr Stephan Keukeleire, Professor in European Foreign Policy, University of Leuven	FSP0018
	Professor Elena Korosteleva, Director of the Global Europe Centre (Professional Studies), Global Europe Centre, University of Kent	FSP0019
	Dr George Kyris, Lecturer in International and European Politics, University of Birmingham	FSP0003
*	Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe (QQ 175–188)
*	Mr Richard Lindsay, Head of Security Policy Department, Defence and International Security Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (QQ 21–34)
	LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science	FSP0012
*	Dr Lars-Erik Lundin, Distinguished Associate Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and former EU Ambassador to the International Organisations in Vienna (QQ 124–137)
	Professor Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King’s College London	FSP0010
	Mr Igor Merheim-Eyre, Global Europe Centre, University of Kent	FSP0019
*	Mr Imad Mesdoua, Political Analyst, Africa Matters Limited (QQ 35–45)
	Ms Irena Mnatsakanyan, Global Europe Centre, University of Kent	FSP0019
	Dr Maria O’Neill, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Abertay Dundee	FSP0005
	Quaker Council For European Affairs	FSP0017
*	Mr Marc Pierini, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Europe and former European Union Ambassador to Turkey, Tunisia and Libya, Syria, Morocco (QQ 46–57)
*	Mr Matthew Rojansky, Director of the Kennan Institute, Wilson Centre (QQ 150–160)
**	Mr Chris Sainty, Head of EU External Department, Europe Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (QQ 21–34)	FSP0025
*	Mr Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General—CSDP and Crisis Response, European External Action Service
*	Mr Philippe Setton, French Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the EU
	Dr Alistair Shepherd, Senior Lecturer in European Security, Aberystwyth University	FSP0007
*	General Sir Richard Shirreff KCB CBE, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (QQ 109–123)
**	Professor Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (QQ 1–10)	FSP0006
	Dr Anna Katharina Stahl, Research Fellow, EU-China Research Centre, College of Europe	FSP0016
	Mr Ueli Staeger, Centre on Conflict, Peacebuilding and Development, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies	FSP0020
*	Professor Charles Tripp FBA, Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (QQ 35–45)
	Ms Eske Van Gils, Global Europe Centre, University of Kent	FSP0019
*	Mr Pierre Vimont, Senior Associate, Carnegie Europe and former Executive Secretary-General, European External Action Service (QQ 67–76)
*	Mr James Watt CVO, former British Ambassador to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon (QQ 35–45)
	Dr Carol Weaver, Lecturer, De Montfort University	FSP0004
*	Mr Hans Wessberg, Member, European Court of Auditors and former State Secretary, Swedish Prime Minister’s Office (QQ 58–66)
*	Dr Nicholas Westcott CMG, Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service (QQ 92–108)
*	Mr Henry Wilkinson, Head of Intelligence and Analysis, The Risk Advisory Group (QQ 1–10)
	Dr Neil Winn, Senior Lecturer in European Studies, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds	FSP0001
	Mr Nick Witney, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations	FSP0010
	Ms Katharine Wright, University of Surrey	FSP0015

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