European Foreign Policy in an Evolving International System

1. Front Matter

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2. The EU in the International System

   1. Front Matter

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   2. ‘European’ Foreign Policy: A Realistic Aspiration, or an Unattainable Goal?

      • William Wallace

      Pages 3-11

   3. Europe’s Grand Strategy: The Search for a Postmodern Realism

      • Pascal Vennesson

      Pages 12-26

   4. EU Co-ordination in International Organizations: The Case of the United Nations General Assembly and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

      • Paul Luif, Mariyana Radeva

      Pages 27-40

3. The EU and the Great Powers

   1. Front Matter

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   2. European Positions and American Responses: ESDP-NATO Compatibility

      • Bastian Giegerich

      Pages 43-56

   3. Engaging China — Uniting Europe? EU Foreign Policy towards China

      • May-Britt Stumbaum

      Pages 57-75

   4. EU Relations with Russia: Partnership or Asymmetric Interdependency?

      • James Hughes

      Pages 76-94

4. The EU and the Management of Conflicts

   1. Front Matter

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   2. European Union Foreign Policy towards the Balkans

      • Eva Gross

      Pages 97-111

   3. The EU and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process

      • Costanza Musu

      Pages 112-127

   4. Congruence without Strategy: Explaining EU Policies towards the Cyprus Conflict

      • Nathalie Tocci

      Pages 128-143

   5. The European Union and the Western Sahara Conflict: Managing the Colonial Heritage

      • Jordi Vaquer i Fanés

      Pages 144-160

5. The EU’s Regional Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. ‘Conditionality-lite’: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU’s Eastern Neighbours

      • Gwendolyn Sasse

      Pages 163-180

   3. The EU and the Baltic Sea Area

      • Nicola Catellani

      Pages 181-194

   4. The EU and Euro-Mediterranean Security: A New Departure?

      • Sven Biscop

      Pages 195-208

   5. The Making of the EU’s Strategy Towards Asia

      • Nicola Casarini

      Pages 209-225

   6. Conclusions

      • Spyros Economides

      Pages 226-231

European Foreign Policy in an Evolving International System provides the reader with an updated assessment of European Foreign Policy fifteen years after Maastricht. The contributions analyze the level of policy convergence achieved by EU member states in crucial areas and regions of the world.

• conflict
• Europe
• European Neighbourhood
• European Neighbourhood Policy
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• foreign policy
• international organizations
• Israel
• Policy
• european union politics

'The collection of papers...offers a topical and wide-ranging assessment of the EU's ability to speak with one voice on the global stage and be listened to...The chapters were written by mostly younger scholars and benefit from recent empirical reseach. They are generally well-written and balanced, yet do not shy away from criticizing the failures of the EU to exercise influences, especially when caused by national bilateralism.' - Christoph Meyer, Journal of Common Market Studies

'Credit is due...to a volume that encourages researchers to value empirical research and opens the way for a stimulating discussion on EFP.' - Sarah Wolff, Mediterranean Politics

• Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy

  Nicola Casarini

• University of Ottawa, Canada

  Costanza Musu

SVEN BISCOP Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute for International Relations (IRRI-KIIB), Belgium NICOLA CATELLANI Research Fellow, Bologna University, Italy SPYROS ECONOMIDES Senior Lecturer, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK BASTIAN GIEGERICH Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), UK EVA GROSS Visiting Fellow, Centre d'Études et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), France JAMES HUGHES Reader in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK PAUL LUIF Lecturer, University of Vienna, Austria MARIYANA RADEVA Interning at a public affairs consultancy, Brussels, Belgium GWENDOLYN SASSE Senior Lecturer in Comparative European Politics, European Institute and the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK MAY-BRITT STUMBAUM Resident Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations, Germany NATHALIE TOCCI Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy JORDI VAQUER I FANES Head of the International Relations Office, Secretariat for International Relations of the Government of Catalonia, Spain PASCAL VENNESSON Professor of Political Science, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy WILLIAM WALLACE Professor Emeritus of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK