Tom Delreux

Delreux, Tom ; Crellin, Christopher. EU Climate Policy. In: Orsini A., Kavvatha E., EU Environmental Governance. Current and Future Challenges, Routledge: Abingdon, 2026, p. 36-53. 9781003479260. doi:10.4324/9781003479260-4.

Bardou, Marine ; Delreux, Tom. How the European Parliament Chooses Its Battles: Parliamentary Resolutions on the Negotiation of International Agreements. In: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 63, no.6, p. 1764-1782 (2025). doi:10.1111/jcms.13720.

Delreux, Tom ; Earsom, Joseph. Missed opportunities: The impact of internal compartmentalization on EU diplomacy across the international regime complex on climate change. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 31, no. 9, p. 2960-2985 (2024). doi:10.1080/13501763.2023.2217849.

Delreux, Tom. New institutionalism. In: Brandsma G., Handbook on European Union Public Administration, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2024, p. 22-33. 9781802209006. doi:10.4337/9781802209013.

Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. A New Kid in Town? The Evolution of the EEAS Headquarters’ Involvement in EU Climate Diplomacy. In: European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 28, no.3, p. 283-302 (2023).

Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. One Big Conversation: The EU's Climate Diplomacy across the International Regime Complex on the Paris Agreement Negotiations. In: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 61, no. 1, p. 198-214 (2023). doi:10.1111/jcms.13365.

Delreux, Tom ; Earsom, Joseph. The European Union as an Actor Navigating International Regime Complexes. In: Politics and Governance, Vol. 11, no.2, p. 1-5 (2023). doi:10.17645/pag.v11i2.6901.

Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. Η εξωτερική πολιτική της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, Pedio Books: Athens, 2023. 9789606357121. 544 p.

Biedenkopf, Katia ; Delreux, Tom. European Integration, the Environment and Climate Change. In: Segers, Mathieu, Van Hecke, Steven, The Cambridge History of the European Union, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2023, p. 418-441. 9781108780865. doi:10.1017/9781108780865.017.

Keukeleire S. ; Delreux, Tom. The Foreign Policy of the European Union. Third Edition, Third Edition, Bloomsbury: London, 2022. 9781350930483. 460 p.

Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy. In: Politics and Governance, Vol. 9, no.3, p. 401-411 (2021). doi:10.17645/pag.v9i3.4296.

Delreux, Tom ; Pipart, Frauke. Ego versus Alter: Internal and External Perceptions of the EU’s Role in Global Environmental Negotiations. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 59, no.5, p. 1284-1302 (2021). doi:10.1111/jcms.13182.

Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. Evaluating EU responsiveness to the evolution of the international regime complex on climate change. In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol. 21, no. 4, p. 711–728 (2021). doi:10.1007/s10784-021-09541-8.

Pipart, Frauke ; Delreux, Tom. Role Perceptions in Global Environmental Negotiations: From Reformist Leaders to Conservative Bystanders. In: The International Spectator, Vol. 56, no.3, p. 7-23 (2021). doi:10.1080/03932729.2021.1939971.

Laloux, Thomas ; Delreux, Tom. The origins of EU legislation: agenda-setting, intra-institutional decision-making or interinstitutional negotiations?. In: West European Politics, Vol. 44, no. 7, p. 1555-1576 (2021). doi:10.1080/01402382.2020.1836861.

Delreux, Tom. Regional governance. In: Morin J., Orsini A., Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance. Second edition, Routledge: Abingdon, 2021, p. 213-216. 9780367418694.

Delreux, Tom. The EU in international environmental negotiations. In: Jordan A., Gravey V., Environmental Policy in the EU. Actors, Institutions and Processes, Routledge: Abingdon, 2021, p. 259-275. 9781138392168.

Delreux, Tom ; Burns, Charlotte. Parliamentarizing a Politicized Policy: Understanding the Involvement of the European Parliament in UN Climate Negotiations. In: Politics and Governance, Vol. 7, no.3, p. 339-349 (2019). doi:10.17645/pag.v7i3.2093.

Delreux, Tom ; Pipart, Frauke. Climate Policy in European Union Politics. In: Laursen F., The Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2019. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.109. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.109.

Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan. Principal-Agent Analysis and the European Union. In: Laursen F., The Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2019. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.109. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1048.

Delreux, Tom ; Laloux, Thomas. Concluding Early Agreements in the EU: A Double Principal-Agent Analysis of Trilogue Negotiations. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 56, no. 2, p. 300-317 (2018). doi:10.1111/jcms.12633.

Laloux, Thomas ; Delreux, Tom. How much do agents in trilogues deviate from their principals’ instructions? Introducing a deviation index. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 25, no. 7, p. 1067 (2018). doi:10.1080/13501763.2018.1428215.

Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan. Twenty years of principal-agent research in EU politics: how to cope with complexity?. In: European Political Science, Vol. 17, no.2, p. 275 (2018). doi:10.1057/s41304-017-0129-4.

Pirlot, Pauline ; Delreux, Tom ; Farcy, Christine. Forests: A Multi-sectoral and Multi-level Approach to Sustainable Forest Management. In: Adelle, C., Biedenkopf, K., Torney, D., European Union External Environmental Policy. Rules, Regulation and Governance Beyond Borders. (The EU in International Affairs series), Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, p. 167-187. 978-3-319-60930-0. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60931-7.

Delreux, Tom. Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Key Instrument of Global Environmental Governance. In: Adelle C., Biedenkopf K., Torney D., European Union External Environmental Policy, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2018, p. 19-38. 978-3-319-60930-0. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60931-7_2.

Delreux, Tom ; Keukeleire, Stephan. Informal division of labour in EU foreign policy-making. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 24, no.10, p. 1471-1490 (2017). doi:10.1080/13501763.2016.1216151.

The Principal Agent Model and the European Union, éd. Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics), Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017. 978-3-319-55136-4. 304 p.

Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. 欧盟外交政策 [EU foreign policy] (欧盟与世界丛书 [The European Union and the World Series]), 上海人民 [Shanghai People’s Publishing House]: Shanghai, 2017. 978-7-208-14439-2. 408 p.

Adriaensen, Johan ; Delreux, Tom. Conclusion. Opportunities and Challenges for the Principal–Agent Model in Studying the European Union. In: Delreux Tom & Adriaensen Johan, The Principal Agent Model and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017, p. 283-299. 978-3-319-55136-4. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55137-1_12.

Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan. Introduction. Use and limitations of the principal-agent model in studying the European Union. In: Delreux Tom & Adriaensen Johan, The Principal Agent Model and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017, p. 1-34. 978-3-319-55136-4. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55137-1_1.

Delreux, Tom ; Pirlot, Pauline. The EU Performance in the UN Forum on Forests: An Analysis of the EU at UNFF11. In: Spyros Blavoukos, Dimitrios Bourantonis, The EU in UN Politics, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017, p. 187-207. 978-1-349-95151-2. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95152-9_10.

Delreux, Tom ; Happaerts, Sander. Environmental Policy and Politics in the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2016. 9780230244269. 304 p.

Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. Competing structural powers and challenges for the EU's structural foreign policy. In: Global Affairs, Vol. 1, no.1, p. 43-50 (2015). doi:10.1080/23340460.2015.983730.

Delreux, Tom ; Randour, François. Belgium: Institutional and Administrative Adaptation but Limited Political Interest. In: Hefftler C., Neuhold C., Rozenberg O., Smith J., The Palgrave Handbook of National Parliaments and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2015, p. 153-169. 9781137289124. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-28913-1_7.

Delreux, Tom. Bureaucratic Politics, New Institutionalism and Principal-Agent Models. In: Jørgensen K., Aarstad A., Drieskens E., Laatikainen K., Tonra B., The SAGE Handbook on European Foreign Policy, SAGE: London, 2015, p. 152-165. 9781446276099. doi:10.4135/9781473915190.n10.

Delreux, Tom. Regional governance. In: Morin J.F., Orsini A., Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance, Routledge: Abingdon, 2015, p. 172-175. 978-0-415-82246-6.

Delreux, Tom. EU actorness, cohesiveness and effectiveness in environmental affairs. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 21, no.7, p. 1017-1032 (2014). doi:10.1080/13501763.2014.912250.

Randour, François ; Janssens, Cédric ; Delreux, Tom. The Cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms in the European Union: A Necessary Trade-Off?. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 52, no.6, p. 1307-1323 (2014). doi:10.1111/jcms.12149.

Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. The Foreign Policy of the European Union (2nd edition), 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2014. 9781137025746. 390 p.

Delreux, Tom. The EU and multilateralism in the environmental field. UNEP reform and external representation in environmental negotiations. In: Drieskens E., van Schaik L., The EU and Effective Multilateralism. Internal and external reform practices, Routledge: Abingdon, 2014, p. 66-83. 978-0-415-71311-5.

Delreux, Tom ; Randour, François. L'européanisation des institutions belges: l'adaptation du parlement fédéral belge au processus décisionnel européen. In: Revue des affaires européennes, Vol. 19, no.1, p. 55-65 (2013).

Delreux, Tom ; Van den Brande, Karoline. Taking the lead: informal division of labour in the EU's external environmental policy-making. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 20, no.1, p. 113-131 (2013). doi:10.1080/13501763.2012.693421.

Delreux, Tom. Book review. Cooperation or Conflict? Problematizing Organizational Overlap in Europe. In: West European Politics, Vol. 32, no. 2, p. 428-429 (2012). doi:10.1080/01402382.2011.648476.

Delreux, Tom. The Rotating Presidency and the EU’s External Representation in Environmental Affairs: the Case of Climate Change and Biodiversity Negotiations. In: Journal of Contemporary European Research, Vol. 8, no.2, p. 210-227 (2012).

Delreux, Tom ; Criekemans, David. Environment, Climate Change and Energy: Inter-institutional Compromises and International Representation. In: Van Hecke S., Bursens P., Readjusting the Council Presidency. Belgian Leadership in the EU, Academic & Scientific Publishers: Brussels, 2012. 978-90-5487-852-0.

Delreux, Tom. The EU as an actor in global environmental politics. In: Jordan A., Adelle C., Environmental Policy in the EU. Actors, institutions and processes. Third edition, Routledge: London & New York, 2012, p. 287-305. 9781849714693. doi:10.4324/9780203109823.

Delreux, Tom. The EU in Negotiations on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. In: Wouters Jan, Bruyninckx Hans, Basu Sudeshna, Schunz Simon (eds.), The European Union and Multilateral Governance. Assessing EU Participation in United Nations Human Rights and Environmental Fora, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2012, p. 214-231. 978-0-230-28231-5.

Delreux, Tom ; Drieskens, Edith ; Kerremans, Bart ; Damro, Chad. The External Context Matters: The EU in International Negotiations. In: Costa O., Jørgensen K., The Influence of International Institutions on the EU. When Multilateralism hits Brussels, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2012, p. 58-75. 978-0-230-31448-1.

Justaert, Arnout ; Drieskens, Edith ; Van den Brande, Karoline ; Delreux, Tom. The Governance Turns in EU Studies in Belgium. In: Bindi F., Eliassen K., Analyzing European Union Politics, Società edidrice il Mulino: Bologna, 2012, p. 93-114. 978-88-15-14716-5.

Delreux, Tom. Book review. Integrating Europe: Informal politics & institutional cchange. In: Acta Politica : international journal of political science, Vol. 46, no. 4, p. 425-427 (2011). doi:10.1057/ap.2011.23.

De Ville, Ferdi ; Criekemans, David ; Delreux, Tom. De verrassend effectieve interne coördinatie van het Belgisch Voorzitterschap van 2010: algemene analyse en toepassing op de casus Milieubeleid. In: Res Publica : Belgian journal of political science, Vol. 53, no. 3, p. 291-313 (2011).

Delreux, Tom. EU-besluitvorming en internationale milieuonderhandelingen. In: Bestuurskunde, Vol. 20, no. 4, p. 62-72 (2011).

Delreux, Tom. La politique environnementale et climatique : le rôle interne et externe de la Présidence belge. In: Annales d'études européennes, Vol. 9, no. —, p. 55-70 (2011).

Delreux, Tom. The relation between the European Commission and the EU member states in the transatlantic Open Skies negotiations: an analysis of their opportunities and constraints. In: Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Vol. 9, no. 2, p. 113-135 (2011). doi:10.1080/14794012.2011.568164.

Delreux, Tom. The EU as International Environmental Negotiator, Ashgate: Surrey, 2011. 978-1-4094-1182-6. 245 p.

Delreux, Tom ; Kerremans, Bart. How agents weaken their principals’ incentives to control: the case of EU negotiators and EU member states in multilateral negotiations. In: Journal of European Integration, Vol. 32, no. 4, p. 357-374 (2010). doi:10.1080/07036331003797554.

Delreux, Tom. The First Stage EU-US Open Skies Negotiations (2003-2007): A Look at the Internal Decision-Making Process in the European Union. In: Wouters J., Sterckx S., European Union, United States and Global Governance. Major Trends and Challenges. (Belgium) Leuven, 2010, p. 111-126.

Delreux, Tom. Cooperation and control in the European Union. The case of the EU as international environmental negotiator. In: Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 44, no. 2, p. 189- 208. (2009). doi:10.1177/0010836709102739.

Delreux, Tom. The EU in Environmental Negotiations in UNECE: An Analysis of its Role in the Aarhus Convention and the SEA Protocol Negotiations. In: Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, Vol. 18, no. 3, p. 329-337 (2009). doi:10.1111/j.1467-9388.2009.00653.x.

Delreux, Tom. The EU negotiates multilateral environmental agreements: explaining the agent’s discretion. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 16, no. 5, p. 719-737 (2009). doi:10.1080/13501760902983432.

Delreux, Tom. The European Union in International Environmental Negotiations: an Analysis of the Stockholm Convention Negotiations. In: Environmental Policy and Governance, Vol. 19, no. 1, p. 21-31 (2009). doi:10.1002/eet.494.

Delreux, Tom. De Europese Unie in internationale milieuonderhandelingen: wat verklaart de onderhandelingsautonomie van de EU-onderhandelaar?. In: Res Publica : Belgian journal of political science, Vol. 50, no. 2, p. 99-122 (2008).

Delreux, Tom. The EU as a negotiator in multilateral chemicals negotiations: multiple principals, different agents. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 15, no. 7, p. 1069-1086 (2008). doi:10.1080/13501760802311858.

Delreux, Tom. Nog steeds de beste leerling van de klas? België en het Europees constitutionaliseringsproces. In: Internationale Spectator : maandblad voor internationale politiek, Vol. 60, no. 6, p. 326-331 (2006).

Delreux, Tom. The European Union in international environmental negotiations: a legal perspective on the internal decision-making process. In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol. 6, no. 3, p. 231-248 (2006). doi:10.1007/s10784-006-9015-1.

Delreux, Tom. Twee sporen en vier niveaus: het Europees beleid van België ten aanzien van de Europese landbouwhervormingen van 1992 en 2003. In: Res Publica : Belgian journal of political science, Vol. 47, no. 4, p. 466-493 (2005).

Delreux, Tom ; Steensels, Caroline. Belgium. In: Lodge J., The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament, Palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2005, p. 65-72. 978-1-4039-3517-5.

Beyers, Jan ; Delreux, Tom ; Steensels, Caroline. The Europeanisation of Intergovernmental Cooperation and Conflict Resolution In Belgium: The Case of Agriculture. In: Perspectives on European Politics and Society : journal of intra-european dialogue, Vol. 5, no. 1, p. 103-134 (2004). doi:10.1080/15705850408438881.