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International Relations and the European Union: Themes and Issues | |
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Introduction | |
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Assumptions | |
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Substantive assumptions | |
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Methodological assumptions | |
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Three perspectives on International Relations and the EU | |
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The EU as a sub-system of International Relations | |
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The EU and the processes of International Relations | |
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The EU as a power in International Relations | |
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Structure of the volume | |
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Conclusion | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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Theory and the European Union's International Relations | |
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Introduction | |
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Classical explanations: Federalism and neofunctionalism | |
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European integration and IR theory | |
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Realist views of European foreign policy | |
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Liberal views | |
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Alternative approaches | |
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The role of Europe in the world | |
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The future of European foreign policy | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The Pattern of the EU's Global Activity | |
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Introduction | |
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Historical evolution | |
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Geographical scope | |
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Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific | |
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The Mediterranean | |
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Central and Eastern Europe | |
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The new neighbours | |
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The Atlantic | |
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Asia | |
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Drivers and brakes | |
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The general EC framework | |
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European Political Cooperation | |
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The Commission | |
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Member states | |
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The European Council | |
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The European Parliament | |
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Enduring tensions | |
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Conclusions | |
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Note | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The Institutional Framework | |
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Introduction: institutions and why they matter | |
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Institutions and their impact | |
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The Common Commercial Policy | |
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Development cooperation policy and humanitarian assistance | |
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European foreign policy and defence cooperation | |
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Beyond enlargement: institutional adjustments in the Constitutional Treaty | |
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Conclusion: how and how much do institutions matter? | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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Coherence and Consistency | |
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Introduction | |
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'Consistency' and its importance | |
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Historical background | |
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Categorisation | |
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Institutional consistency-legal instruments and practices | |
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Institutional consistency-structures | |
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Institutional consistency-obligations | |
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Horizontal consistency | |
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Vertical consistency | |
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The Constitutional Treaty | |
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Conclusions | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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Accountable and Legitimate? The EU's International Role | |
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Introduction | |
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The external dimension: a source of distinctive legitimation issues? | |
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The European Parliament | |
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Trade | |
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Enlargement | |
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Aid | |
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National parliaments | |
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Politicisation? | |
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Standards | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The Europeanization of Foreign Policy | |
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Introduction | |
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The meanings of Europeanization | |
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National adaptation | |
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National projection | |
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Identity reconstruction | |
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Modernisation | |
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Policy isophormism | |
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Three dimensions of foreign policy Europeanization | |
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Common Foreign and Security Policy vs. national foreign policies | |
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Foreign policy analysis and Europeanization | |
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Applying Europeanization theory to national foreign policy | |
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Convergence vs. the logic of diversity | |
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Conclusions | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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Implementation: Making the EU's International Relations Work | |
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Introduction: the problem of implementation in foreign policy | |
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The EU's own resources in external relations/third countries | |
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National resources and EU external relations | |
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The instruments of EU foreign policy | |
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Diplomatic capability | |
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Economic capability | |
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Military capability | |
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Credibility and capability gaps | |
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Conclusion: what kind of power does the EU possess? | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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From Security to Defence: the Evolution of the CFSP | |
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Introduction | |
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European security and defence in theoretical perspective | |
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From foreign policy coordination to a European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) | |
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European military capacity: the rhetoric and the reality | |
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Spending patterns and defence budgets | |
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The Helsinki Headline Goal (HHG) and European military capacity | |
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'Headline Goal 2010' | |
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2003: The EU becomes a military actor | |
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Political developments and dilemmas | |
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The 'European Security Strategy' | |
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The 'European Union Minister for Foreign Affairs' (EUMFA) | |
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'Structured Cooperation' and the 'Solidarity Clause' | |
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Operational and planning issues | |
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Procurement and defence planning | |
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Operational planning | |
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Intelligence | |
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Towards a long-term vision? | |
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Conclusions: from the short to the medium term and beyond | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The External Face of Internal Security | |
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Introduction | |
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The history of internal security cooperation | |
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Post-Cold War internal security challenges | |
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Transnational crime and drug trafficking | |
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The challenge from terrorism | |
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Immigration and refugees | |
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Creating and developing the EU's Justice and Home Affairs pillar | |
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Cooperation with third countries | |
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The USA | |
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States seeking accession | |
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Policing roles in external interventions | |
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Conclusion | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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Managing Interdependence: The EU in the World Economy | |
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Introduction | |
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Integration and mixed economies | |
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A new economic orthodoxy | |
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A single currency | |
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Trade policy-and more | |
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An expanding agenda | |
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An ever increasing membership | |
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Europeanization and globalisation | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The European Union as a Trade Power | |
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Introduction | |
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The road to European competence in trade | |
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The common commercial policy in the Treaty of Rome | |
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The challenge to exclusive competence during the 1990s | |
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From Amsterdam to Nice: a political solution to the competence dispute | |
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Trade policy in the EU Constitutional Treaty | |
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The EU trade policy-making process | |
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The negotiating mandate | |
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The negotiations | |
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The ratification | |
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The enlarged EU as a trade power | |
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The EU as champion of multilateralism? | |
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The European single market and world trade liberalisation | |
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Settling disputes in the WTO | |
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'Open bilateralism'? The limits of transatlantic trade cooperation | |
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The EU's conditional support for regionalism | |
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Conclusion: the EU as a power in and through trade | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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Enlargement and European Order | |
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Introduction | |
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Concentric circles | |
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The Copenhagen European Council, June 1993 | |
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The Luxembourg and Helsinki European Councils | |
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Big-bang enlargement | |
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Relations with south-eastern Europe | |
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Relations with the 'wider Europe' | |
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Conclusion | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The Shadow of Empire: The EU and the Former Colonial World | |
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Introduction | |
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The EU as a system of IR and within the wider international order | |
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The Cold War | |
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The post-Cold War order | |
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The EU and the processes of international relations | |
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The EU as a power in international relations | |
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Conclusion | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The EU and Inter-regional Cooperation | |
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Introduction | |
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Inter-regional cooperation as part of the EU's foreign and security policy | |
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Old and new forms of inter-regional cooperation-an historical overview | |
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The origins-relations with Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, and ASEAN in the 1970s | |
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Extension towards Central America and Europe in the 1980s | |
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New regionalism after the end of the East-West divide | |
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The EU and inter-regional cooperation in action-main features | |
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The EU and Africa | |
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The EU and the Mediterranean and the Gulf region | |
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The EU and Asia | |
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The EU and Latin America | |
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The EU and other regional groupings in Europe | |
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Conclusions | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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The EU and the United States | |
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Introduction | |
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The changing shape of EU-US relations | |
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EU-US relations and the EU's system of international relations | |
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EU-US relations and the processes of international relations | |
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EU-US relations and the EU as a power in international relations | |
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Conclusion | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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A European Civilising Process? | |
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Introduction | |
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Two images of the EU | |
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Norbert Elias on 'the civilizing process' | |
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A global civilising process? | |
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The changing nature of political community in Europe | |
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Preventing harm in world politics | |
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Auditing the EU | |
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Conclusions | |
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Notes | |
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Further reading | |
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Web links | |
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Acting for Europe: Reassessing the European Union's Place in International Relations | |
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Introduction | |
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The EU and the perspectives of international relations | |
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Realism | |
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Liberalism | |
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Alternative approaches | |
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The place of the EU in the international system | |
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What the EU is not | |
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The EU's positive contributions | |
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System, process, and power | |
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The EU as a sub-system of international relations | |
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The EU and the general processes of international relations | |
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The EU as a power in the world | |
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Conclusions | |