The international relations of the European Union / by Steve Marsh and Hans Mackenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, Steve, 1967-

Contributor:

Mackenstein, Hans, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Foreign relations.

European Union.

National security--European Union countries.

National security.

International relations.

European Union countries.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

xx, 305 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson/Longman, 2005.

Summary:

In an incisive and lively discussion "International Relations of the EU" examines both the economic and security dimensions of European Union external relations. The book adopts an innovative approach that combines International Relations with International Political Economy.

Set against a backdrop of EU enlargement and disarray over military intervention in Iraq, International Relations of the EU is a timely contribution to our understanding of the Eu's role as an international actor.

The text is suitable for advanced undergraduate courses in Politics and International Relations.

Contents:

1 The European Community and international security: from World War Two to post-Cold War 1

Post-war Europe - no place for integration? 2

Integration's Cold War stimulus 4

Integration, security and second order action 7

Systemic change and the augmentation of the EC in international security 12

The EC and the transatlantic security community in the 1980s 15

Cold War collapse 18

2 The European Community's rise to economic might: from regional free-trade arrangement to global economic power? 28

Economic integration - a largely internal affair? 28

From Bretton Woods to Cancun - principal international economic developments since World War Two 35

European economic integration within the international context 41

3 The European Union and external relations 51

International presence 52

External competence and representation 54

EU external relations policies 57

EU external relations: patterns and instruments 62

EU external relations' post-Cold War reforms 67

4 The post-Cold War EU-US security relationship 75

Managing the EU-US security relationship 75

Understanding transatlantic security drift 80

Co-operation and discord in transatlantic security management 88

5 Friends or foes?: the EU-US economic relationship 110

The most substantial economic partnership in the world 111

Trade wars and other economic conflicts between the EU and US 116

6 The EU and security in Central and South-Eastern Europe 135

The EU and Central and Eastern Europe 136

The EU and South-Eastern Europe 143

The EU and the European security architecture 151

7 The EU's economic relations with its European and Mediterranean neighbours 173

The European Economic Area 174

The Central and Eastern European Countries 178

The 'Euro-Med' relationship 184

8 The EU and global security 194

Engaging the Bear - EU-Russia security relations 195

The EU and China 203

The EU and failed states: the case of North Korea 209

9 The EU as a global economic actor 226

The EU-ACP connection 227

The EU and the Far East 233

The EU's economic links with Latin America 238

Perception and reality 247

A global EU foreign policy 250

Challenges to a global EU foreign policy 253

The future of the EU as a global actor 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [264]-293) and index.

ISBN:

0582472938

OCLC:

54905776