Meanwhile, the European Union has established a new foreign-policy apparatus called the European External Action Service (EEAS), which is meant to represent the common interests of all 27 of the EU’s member states. The lines of authority between the new Euro-diplomats and existing national foreign ministries are still unclear; but the EEAS is, nonetheless, a fact.
有关 21 世纪外交的讨论在英国和美国等国家热火朝天。最近，美国国务卿希拉里 · 克林顿和英国保守党领袖大卫 · 卡梅隆都提到建立国防、外交与发展新合力机制，并指出英美两国近来的外交政策过多倾向于国防，损害了外交与发展利益。