International Relations and the EU

This text sets out to locate the European Union in the context of International Relations theory and to explore the ways in which the European Union frames and conducts its international relations. Each chapter deals with the three key themes of the volume: the EU as a sub-system of international relations, the EU and the processes of international relations, and the EU as a power.

This text locates the European Union in the context of international relations theory and explores the ways in which the European Union frames and conducts its international relations. Each chapter deals with the three key themes of the volume: the EU as a sub-system of international relations, the EU and the processes of international relations, and the EU as a power.

PART ONE: FRAMEWORKS; 1.: International Relations and the European Union: Themes and Issues Christopher Hill and Michael Smith; 2.: Filippo Andreatta: Theory and the European Union's International Relations; 3.: The Pattern of the EU's Global Activity; PART TWO: INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES; 4.: Sophie Vanhoonacker: The Institutions Framework; 5.: Simon Nuttall: Coherence and Consistency; 6.: Christopher Lord: Accountable and Legitimate? The EU's international role.; 7.: Reuben Wong: The Europeanisation of Foreign Policy; 8.: Michael E. Smith: Implementation: Making the EU's International Relations work; PART THREE: ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT; 8.: Jolyon Howorth: From Security to Defence: The Evolution of the CFSP; 9.: Wyn Rees: The External Face of Internal Security; 10.: Loukas Tsoukalis: Managing Interdependence: The EU in the World Economy; 11.: Sophie Neunier and Kalypso Nicolaidis: The European Union as a Trade Power; 12.: Karen E. Smith: Enlargement and European Order; 13.: James Mayall: The Shadow of Empire: The EU and the Former Colonial World; 15.: Nicole Alecu de Flers and Elfriede Regelsberger: The EU and Inter-regional Cooperation; 16.: Michael Smith and Rebecca Steffenson: The European Union and the United States; PART FOUR: EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION; 17.: Andrew Linklater: A European Civilising Process?; 18.: Christopher Hill and Michael Smith: Acting for Europe: Re-assessing the European Union's Place in International Relations