Edited by Sonia Lucarelli, Professor of International Relations, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy and James Sperling, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Akron, USA

• ContentsvPART I INTRODUCTION11 Governance and the European Union 2Sonia Lucarelli and James SperlingPART II FRAMING EU GOVERNANCE222 Multilevel governance in the EU 23Arjan H. Schakel and Michaël Tatham3 Subsidiarity as an economic governance model for the EU 38Adriaan Schout4 Governance of the European social dimension 54Paul Copeland5 The security governance of the European Union 67Mark Webber6 The governance of the EU milieu 82James Sperling7 Global governance by the EU 99Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Stephanie C. HofmannPART III SOCIETAL GOVERNANCE1138 Governing the area of freedom, security, and justice 114Federica Zardo and Peter Slominski9 The EU governance role in public health 127Rosa Castro and Andrea Renda10 Data protection and regulation of social media 143Elaine Fahey11 Artificial intelligence and surveillance 156Athina Sachoulidou and Niovi Vavoula12 The EU governance of social welfare 171David Natali13 Gender equality and LGBTQI rights 184Petra Ahrens and Barbara Gaweda14 Permanent crisis governance in the European Union 199Mark RhinardPART IV ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE21615 Monetary policy and fiscal monitoring 217Amy Verdun16 The economic governance of financial services in the EU 230Lucia Quaglia17 EU competition policy 243Bernardo Rangoni and Mark Thatcher18 Energy 259Anna Herranz-Surrallés19 Trade 274Arlo Poletti20 Green economy 287Ekaterina DomorenokPART V SECURITY GOVERNANCE30121 Migration 302Michela Ceccorulli22 Terrorism 316Silvia D’Amato and Jake Wright23 Counter organized crime policy 331Francesca Longo24 Military and civilian crisis management 343Danilo di Mauro, Jonas J. Driedger and Ulrich Krotz25 Defence industrial and technological base 358Jocelyn Mawdsley26 Critical infrastructure protection 371Paola Tessari27 Cybersecurity and cyber defence 384George Christou28 Maritime security 401Elsa Lilja Gunnarsdottir and Marianne Riddervold29 ‘Hybrid’ threats 415Antonio MissiroliPART VI MILIEU GOVERNANCE43130 The Arctic 432Adam Stępie , Emilie Canova, Andreas Raspotnik and Timo Koivurova31 Enlargement as milieu governance in the Western Balkans 446Matteo Bonomi32 The Black Sea 460Tracey German33 The Mediterranean Neighbourhood 476Stefania Panebianco34 Deprovincializing Africa in the EU’s milieu 489Toni Haastrup35 The EU and the Indo-Pacific 502Andrew Cottey and Robbert van der HarrPART VII GLOBAL GOVERNANCE51536 Space 516Daniel Fiott37 The European Union and global ocean politics 528Christian Bueger and Vonintsoa Rafaly38 The EU as a global cyber actor 541Andrea Calderaro39 Nuclear non-proliferation 555Sebastian Harnisch and Linda Liang40 Climate change 569Claire Dupont

‘The Handbook succeeds in avoiding both celebratory exceptionalism and declinist fatalism. Its chapters take the EU’s regulatory and coordinative strengths seriously while remaining attentive to political, institutional, and geopolitical constraints.’