A Common Foreign Policy for Europe?: Competing Visions of the CFSP / Edition 1

by John Peterson, Helene Sjursen

Overview

The first book to explore the EU's record as a global actor since the creation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in 1993 within the context of the Treaty of Amsterdam and recent decisions relating to NATO and EU enlargement. The chapters focus on:
* the interface between EU foreign and trade policies
* the EU's relationship with European defence organizations
* its behaviour within the OSCE and UN
* the institutional consequences of the CFSP
* case studies of EU policies towards Central and Eastern Europe and the Maghreb countries.
The editors draw the findings together to assess whether the EU has been successful as a global actor and consider the question: can the EU become a more credible, reliable and unitary global actor?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415170710
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/09/1998
Series:	Routledge Research in European Public Policy
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Peterson, Helene Sjursen

Table of Contents

Series editor’s preface, List of contributors, Preface, List of abbreviations, PART I A framework for analysis, PART II EU external policy: politics, economics and institutions, PART III Case studies, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

Makes an original contribution to the debate about the EU's global role by bringing together competing visions of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Offers a definitive assessment of the post-Maastricht evolution of the EU's role as a global actor, as well as a prognosis for the CFSP given the reforms mandated by the 1997 Amsterdam Treaty. Assesses the EU's record as an international actor, looks into its relationship with European defense organizations, and offers case studies of EU policies towards other countries. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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