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In this first volume of the fullest assessment to date of the EU´s role in the world, the contributors provide fresh and innovative theoretical approaches to the Union´s international relations, including their institutional, legal and political contexts.

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This two-volume project provides a multi-sectoral perspective over the EU´s external projections from traditional as well as critical theoretical and institutional perspectives, and is supported by numerous case studies covering the whole extent of the EU´s external relations. The aim is to strive to present new approaches as well as detailed background studies in analyzing the EU as a global actor.

Volume 1: The first volume "Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU´s External Relations" addresses the EU´s overall external post-Lisbon Treaty presence both globally and regionally (e.g. in its "neighborhood"), with a special emphasis on the EU´s institutional framework. It also offers fresh and innovative theoretical approaches to understanding the EU´s international position. - With a preface by Alvaro de Vasoncelos (former Director European Union Institute for Security Studies)

Volume 2: The second volume "Policies, Actions and Influence of the EU´s External Relations", examines in both quantitative and qualitative contributions the EU´s international efficacy from a political, economic and social perspective based on a plethora of its engagements.

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Foreword.- Introduction.- Part I: Institutions and Processes of the EU´s External Relations.- 1 Is the EU Becoming a Global Power after the Treaty of Lisbon? - 2 EU Diplomacy: Measuring Success in Light of the Post-Lisbon Institutional Framework.- 3 Coordination of External Policies.- 4 The Enlarged EU in a Globalized World: A Comparative Analysis of Elite and Public Opinion Support for a Common European Foreign Policy.- 5 Reasons for the Current Failure of the European Union as an Internationatl Security Actor.- 6 From Regional Power to Global Power? The European Neighbourhood Policy after the Lisbon Treaty.- Part II: The EU: A Global Power: Theoretical Approaches for Measuring the EU´s Power in Today´s World.- 7 Theorizing the European Union´s Global Authority: An Alternative Trichotomy.- 8 Towards a Structurally Integrative Approach to the Study of the EU´s External Power: Introducing the Concept of "Transnational Power Over".- 9 Behind the Charter: The EU Ethical-Legal Identity in an International Order.- 10 From Harbinger to Role Model: The Influence of the Euro in Regional Monetary Cooperation.- 11 A Toolbox Approach to the EU´s External Climate Governance.- 12 The Changing Context of Global Governance and the Normative Power of the European Union.- 13 Domestic Politics in EU External Economic Relations: US-EU Competition in Trade.- Index

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