Global Power Europe - Vol. 2, 2013
Policies, Actions and Influence of the EU's External Relations
Global Power Shift Series

This two-volume project provides a multi-sectoral perspective over the EU's external projections from traditional as well as critical theoretical and institutional perspectives, and is supported by numerous case studies covering the whole extent of the EU?s external relations. The aim is to strive to present new approaches as well as detailed background studies in analyzing the EU as a global actor.

Volume 1: The first volume ?Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU?s External Relations? addresses the EU's overall external post-Lisbon Treaty presence both globally and regionally (e.g. in its "neighborhood"), with a special emphasis on the EU?s institutional framework. It also offers fresh and innovative theoretical approaches to understanding the EU?s international position. -   With a preface by Alvaro de Vasoncelos (former Director European Union Institute for Security Studies)

Volume 2: The second volume ?Policies, Actions and Influence of the EU?s External Relations?, examines in both quantitative and qualitative contributions the EU's international efficacy from a political, economic and social perspective based on a plethora of its engagements.

Foreword.- Preface.- 1 Strong, Independent, and Effective.- 2 The Fight Against Terrorism.- 3 The EU's Role in International Climate Change Policy-Making.- 4 European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU's Role as a Normative Power.- 5 The EU in the Wake of Palestine's Request of Admission to Membership in the United Nations.- 6 EU Energy Cooperation in the Neighbourhood.- 7 The Empire Strikes Back.- 8 The EU's Central Asian Strategy in a Globalizing World.- 9 The Geek, the Bully, and the Freaks.- 10 The European Union in the Northern Latitudes.- 11 The Limits and Contributions of the EU to Democracy in Latin America.- 12 The Shapping EU-Mercosur Relations.- 13 Discovering the Icebergs of EU Interregional Actorness in Asia.- 14 It Takes Two to Tango.- 15 Was There Any Coherent European China Policy in the Case of the EU Arms Embargo on China?.- 16 The European Union as an Actor in International Trade Relations.- 17 Gender Equality in European Union Development Policy.- 18 Gender Mainstream in EU-SADC Relations.- 19 The EU and the Global Promotion of Children's Rights Norms - Index.

Astrid Boening, PhD/University of Miami, and MA/Florida International University, in International Relations, with additional studies in international business at George Washington University John Cabot campus in Rome, in Latin American economics and marketing in Costa Rica, Chile and Brazil through Georgetown University, and a field course at the UN. Currently Associate Director of the Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, and adjunct faculty in the International Studies Dept. at the University of Miami. Numerous publications on the Euro-Mediterranean from a regional integration and security perspective.

Jan-Frederik Kremer is Lecturer and Research Associate at the Center for Global Studies, University of Bonn. He studied Political Science, Social Science, Modern and Ancient History and Philosophy at Ruhr-University Bochum, and is a PhD Candidate in the PhD program “International Development Studies” (Economics) at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) and member of the DFG funded “Research School”. Jan-Frederik was awarded several scholarships. He is (co)-author and (co-)editor of a number of publications, like “Power in the 21st Century – International Security and International Political Economy in a Changing World”, “Global Power Europe, Volume 1 and 2” and “Towards a New Understanding of Structural Power”. Jan-Frederik presents his work frequently on major international conferences (ISA, BISA, ECPR, DGPW).

Aukje van Loos is Research Associate at the Chair of International Politics, Ruhr-University Bochum. She graduated from the Robert Gordon University with a B.A. in Communication with Modern Languages and from the Ruhr-University Bochum with a M.A. in European Culture and Economy. She is pursuing a PhD at the Chair of International Politics, Ruhr-University Bochum with the emphasis of her research being on EU external trade policy. She also teachescourses in the fields of EU forei