Legal Dynamics of EU External Relations

Henri de Waele is full professor (chair) of International and European Law at Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands), currently also serves as part-time professor of EU External Relations Law at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), and is associated as a senior fellow with the Centre for European Integration Studies at the University of Bonn (Germany). He studied Dutch, International and European Law in Nijmegen and Leuven (Belgium), holds an LLM and a PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen, as well as the Diploma in European Union Law from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Professor de Waele’s primary research interest lies within the domain of EU institutional law, and concerns in particular the inter-institutional dynamics, the Union’s external relations and interaction with other international organisations, judicial appointments and administration of justice, the effect of European norms in the national legal order, and EU citizenship. His expertise also extends to the foundations, history, general principles and selected branches of public international law. Amongst his secondary interests are (comparative) constitutional law and legal theory. He supervises PhD theses in both the fields of public international and European law.

• 1 Introducing a Layered Global Player.- Part I: Legal Dynamics in the Outer Layer: 2 The Common Foreign and Security Policy.- 3 The Common Security and Defence Policy.- Part II: Legal Dynamics of the Middle Layers: 4 The Common Commercial Policy.- 5 The External Environmental Policy.- 6 The External Human Rights Policy.- 7 The Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Policy.- Part III: Legal Dynamics in the Inner Layer: 8 Special Relationships in the European Neighbourhood and Beyond.- 9 The EU, the Member States and International Law.- 10 Conclusion: An Effective Global Player?.