EU policy responses to a shifting multilateral system / Esther Barbe, Oriol Costa, Robert Kissack, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barbé, Esther, 1955- editor.

Costa, Oriol, 1978- editor.

Kissack, Robert, editor.

Series:

European Union in international affairs

The European Union in international affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Political science.

International relations.

Diplomacy.

Physical Description:

xxi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

European Union policy responses to a shifting multilateral system

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016].

Contents:

Contributors; Abbreviations/Acronyms ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Accommodating or Entrenching? How the EU Is Dealing with Changes in the Multilateral System; 1 Introduction; 2 EU Foreign Policy in a 'No One's World': Entrench or Accommodate?; 3 International Structures; 4 Theorising Structural Change in a 'World Adrift': Critical Theory; 5 The Impact of Partial Repolarisation: Five Possible Institutional Structures; 6 Case Studies and Main Findings; 7 From Structural Change to Foreign Policy Change; Notes; References

The Irony of History: European Responses to the Contested Evolution of the Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Regime1 Introduction; 2 Evolution of the Hegemonic Structure of the Regime; 3 New Challenges to the Regime: Towards a Dysfunctional Structure?; 4 The EU and the Regime in Historical Perspective; 5 EU Responses to the Regime Challenges; 6 Conclusions; Notes; References; An Upstream Battle: The EU and the Reform of the Energy Charter Treaty; 1 Introduction; 2 The Rise (and Fall?) of the ECT: Changing Structures, Behavioural Continuity

3 Dealing with Power Shifts: Explaining Accommodation/Entrenchment in International Politics4 On a Collision Course: Actors' Entrenchment and Near Rupture of the ECT; 5 Rupture or Reform: The ECT Modernisation Process as Accommodation?; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; The Defence of an Institution Under Challenge: The EU and the International Criminal Court; 1 Introduction; 2 The Power-Based Challenge: US-ICC Relations and EU Reactions; The Rome Statute: Institutional Alignment with Ideas Against Power; EU Reaction to the US Challenge: Moving from Entrenchment to Calculated Accommodation

The Ideational-Based Challenge: African Union-ICC Relations and EU Reactions The African Union: From Friend to Foe; The EU's Reaction to the African Union Challenge: Back to Entrenchment; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References; EU Trade Policy Reaction to the BIC: From Accommodation to Entrenchment; 1 Introduction; 2 The International Trade Regime Transformation and the BIC; Before Canc͠n: Hegemonic Structure (1947-2003); After Canc͠n: Normative Congruence (2004-2015); 3 EU Response: From Accommodation (2004-2008) to Entrenchment (2009-2015); Decision-Making Accommodation in the DDR (2004-2015)

From Accommodation (2004-2008) to Entrenchment (2009-2015) in the DDR Negotiations From Accommodation (2004-2008) to Entrenchment (2009-2015) Through Bilateral Agreements; 4 Entrenchment as EU's Second Best; The EU Wants a Multilateral Agreement; Accommodation to Bring Multilateralism; Entrenchment Endangers Multilateralism; 5 Conclusions; Notes; References; Beijing After Kyoto? The EU and the New Climate in Climate Negotiations; 1 Introduction; 2 The EU in Climate Negotiations Until 2005; 3 Structural Change in Climate Negotiations; Before Bali 2007; After Bali 2007

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

113754757X

9781137547576

OCLC:

946461597