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A comprehensive analysis of the foreign policy of the EU assessing the history, actors, processes, partnerships and rivalries of this key area of EU policy. The second edition includes additional case studies, a new chapter on foreign policy analysis, and is fully revised and updated to take account of the latest trends, issues and research.

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This authoritative textbook gives a comprehensive account of the European Union´s foreign policy. Going beyond the typical focus on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy, Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the EU´s foreign policy and show how areas such as trade, development, environment and energy are inextricable elements of it.

The book examines the EU´s key foreign relations - with its neighbourhood, with the US, China and Russia, and with the emerging powers - and argues that the EU´s foreign policy needs to be understood not only as a response to crises and conflicts, but also as a means of shaping international structures and influencing long-term processes. Up to date, jargon-free and supported by its own website, this systematic and innovative appraisal of this key policy area is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of EU Foreign Policy.

For supporting materials, please visit the comprehensive online
resource guide ´Exploring EU Foreign Policy´ at www.eufp.eu

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Introduction.- 1. The Nature of EU Foreign Policy.- 2. European Integration and Foreign Policy: Historical Overview.- 3. The EU´s Foreign Policy System: Actors.- 4. The EU´s Foreign Policy System: Policy-making.- 5. EU Foreign Policy and National Foreign Policy.- 6. Key Issues in EU Foreign Policy.- 7. The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).- 8. The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).- 9. Trade, Development and Other External Action.- 10. The External Dimension of Internal Policies.- 11. EU Foreign Policy towards its Neighbourhood.- 12. Competition with Major Powers: The US, Russia, China, Emerging Powers and Islamism.- 13. The EU and Multilateral Organizations.- Conclusions: Theorizing EU Foreign Policy.

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Stephan Keukeleire is Jean Monnet Professor at Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) of the University of Leuven, Director of its ´Master in European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives´, and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.

Tom Delreux is Professor of EU Politics at the Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE) of the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), Belgium.

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