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Introduction : EU's foreign policy through the lenses of discourse analysis / Caterina Carta and Jean-Frederic Morin -- Speaking Europe, drawing boundaries : reflections on the role of discourse in EU foreign policy and identity / Thomas Diez -- Continuity or change in national foreign policy discourses post-Lisbon? : the case of Denmark / Henrik Larsen -- EU external action on counter-terrorism : a discourse theory approach / Beste Isleyne -- Constructing European diplomacy in a changing world / Knud Erik Jørgensen -- "A boost to our economies that doesn't cost a cent" : EU trade policy discourse since the crisis / Jan Orbie and Ferdi De Ville -- Model, player or instrument for global governance : metaphors in the discourse and practice of EU foreign policy / Esther Barbe, Anna Herranz-Surralles and Michal Natorski -- Unravelling European Union foreign policy through critical discourse analysis : guidelines for research / Senem Aydin-Düzgit -- (De-)constructing the EU as a civilising power : CFSP/CSDP and the constitutional debate in Poland and France / Amelie Kutter -- Talking about solidarity and security in the age of crisis : the revival of nationalism and protectionism in the European Union : a discourse-historical approach / Ruth Wodak and Salomi Boukala -- From the "magnificent castle" to the brutish state of nature : use of metaphors and the analysis of the EU's international discourse / Caterina Carta -- The EU's normative power and three modes of liberal communicative discourse / Ben Rosamond -- Understanding "constructive ambiguity" of European defence policy : a discursive institutionalist perspective / Antoine Rayroux -- EU leaders' ideas and discourse in the Eurozone crisis : a discursive institutionalist analysis / Vivien A. Schmidt.