What impact has the Russia-Ukraine crisis had on the EU as a foreign policy actor?  Most studies examine how the EU has evolved as an actor over time of its own initiative, but tend to discount the role that the external context or structure of the international system might play in constraining or enabling the EU’s exercise of power.  This panel seeks to understand the EU’s influence in the world through recognizing its embeddedness in an unpredictable and uncertain international system.  Specifically, we ask whether and to what extent the Russia-Ukraine crisis serves as a critical juncture and catalyst for shaping the EU’s power.  We take as given the fact that the EU is somewhat of a disaggregated foreign policy actor, with many component parts, such as the member states, Commission, Council, EEAS, High Representative, and so on. We also draw upon various conceptions of power and acknowledge that power must typically be understood as relational.  These various conceptions of power include, the means of EU power – symbolic, economic statecraft, military, diplomatic, raw materials, and any forms of power liabilities (such as not being seen as a power heavy weight, fungibility of resources, and unintended consequences). This panel – an investigation into the parallel strands of EU foreign policy in reaction to the crisis – will shed light on future possible trajectories for the EU based on the nature of the international system and how it evolves