European Foreign Policy in an Evolving International System

SVEN BISCOP Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute for International Relations (IRRI-KIIB), BelgiumNICOLA CATELLANI Research Fellow, Bologna University, Italy SPYROS ECONOMIDES Senior Lecturer, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKBASTIAN GIEGERICH Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), UKEVA GROSS Visiting Fellow, Centre d'Études et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), FranceJAMES HUGHES Reader in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKPAUL LUIF Lecturer, University of Vienna, AustriaMARIYANA RADEVA Interning at a public affairs consultancy, Brussels, BelgiumGWENDOLYN SASSE Senior Lecturer in Comparative European Politics, European Institute and the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKMAY-BRITT STUMBAUM Resident Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations, GermanyNATHALIE TOCCI Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, ItalyJORDI VAQUER I FANES Head of the International Relations Office, Secretariat for International Relations of the Government of Catalonia, SpainPASCAL VENNESSON Professor of Political Science, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy WILLIAM WALLACE Professor Emeritus of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

• Introduction; C.Musu & N.Casarini PART 1: THE EU IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM "European" Foreign Policy: A Realistic Aspiration, or an Unattainable Goal?; W.Wallace Europe's Grand Strategy: The Search for a Post-modern Realism; P.Vennesson EU Coordination in International Organisations; P.Luif & M.Radeva PART 2: THE EU AND THE GREAT POWERS European Positions and American Response: ESDP-NATO Compatibility; B.Giegerich Engaging China - Uniting Europe?; M-B.Stumbaum EU Relations with Russia: Partnership or Asymmetric Interdependency?; J.Hughes PART 3: THE EU AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICTS European Union Foreign Policy Towards the Balkans; E.Gross The EU and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process; C.Musu Congruence without Strategy: Explaining EU Policies towards the Cyprus Conflict; N.Tocci The EU and the Western Sahara Conflict: Managing the Colonial Heritage; J.Vaquer I Fanes PART IV: THE EU'S REGIONAL POLICIES "Conditionality-lite": The European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU's Eastern Neighbours; G.Sasse The EU and the Baltic Sea Area; N.Catellani The EU and Euro-Mediterranean Security: A New Departure?; S.Biscop The Making of the EU's Strategy towards Asia; N.Casarini Conclusion; S.Economides

'The collection of papers...offers a topical and wide-ranging assessment of the EU's ability to speak with one voice on the global stage and be listened to...The chapters were written by mostly younger scholars and benefit from recent empirical reseach. They are generally well-written and balanced, yet do not shy away from criticizing the failures of the EU to exercise influences, especially when caused by national bilateralism.' - Christoph Meyer, Journal of Common Market Studies 'Credit is due...to a volume that encourages researchers to value empirical research and opens the way for a stimulating discussion on EFP.' - Sarah Wolff, Mediterranean Politics