1st Edition

A Common Foreign Policy for Europe? Competing Visions of the CFSP

Edited By John Peterson, Helene Sjursen Copyright 1999
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    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?

    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

    Biography

    John Peterson, Helene Sjursen