In foreign and security policy, New Power, New Responsibility proposes strengthening the role of the EU High Representative and the role of the European Action Service. Current EU High Representative Catherine Ashton continues to prove the worth of EU foreign-policy institutions by, for example, brokering a remarkable peace between Serbia and Kosovo and playing a key role in nuclear negotiations with Iran.
在外交和安全政策方面，《新大国、新责任》提出加强欧盟高级代表和欧洲行动局（European Action Service）的作用。现任欧盟高级代表凯瑟琳·阿什顿（Catherine Ashton）继续证明着欧盟外交政策机构的价值，比如，她牵线促成了塞尔维亚和科索沃之间的重要和平协议，在对伊朗核谈判方面也起到了关键作用。