European Union's Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

<p>This ground-breaking volume provides a new perspective on the EU’s foreign policy and offers a reconstruction of EU research that extends beyond narrow-minded concepts of ‘power’ and ‘actorness’. Focusing on two intertwined research questions, it presents a more sustainable base for studying EU foreign policy: </p><ol> <p> </p> <li>What is the EU’s foreign policy quality in terms of ‘actorness’ and ‘power’ compared to other types of actors in international relations and global politics? </li> <p> </p> <li>What factors influence the EU’s foreign policy performance in comparison to states and international organizations?</li> </ol><p>This guiding principle and application of a ‘grounded theory’ or ‘heuristic case study’ approach allows the book to deliver a structured comparative analysis of EU foreign policy, comparing findings across policy fields, different legal foundations and respective policy modes of governance.</p><p>This book will be of key interest to students and scholars of European Union studies, European Union foreign policy studies, international relations, and security policy studies. </p> <p>Introduction: The European Union’s Foreign Policy ‘Actorness and Power’: Foundations of and Challenges for a Comparative Research Design <i>Ingo Peters</i> <strong>Part 1 Foreign Economic Policy </strong>2 IMF Reform Negotiations in the G20: Comparing Actorness and Power in the Foreign Financial Policies of the EU, the US and ASEAN <i>Steffen Murau and Kilian Spandler </i>3 The EU in Global Chemicals Governance <i>Katja Biedenkopf </i>4 The External Reach of the EU Regulatory State: Norway, Russia and the Security of Natural Gas Supplies <i>Nick Sitter and Svein S. Andersen </i><strong>Part 2 Common Foreign and Security Policy/ Peace- and State-building</strong><i> </i>5 The European Union and the Balkan Wars:<br><i>Zivilmacht</i> Europa and the "Problem from Hell" Adrian G. V. Hyde-Price<i> </i>6<i> </i>EU Performance As A Regional Security Actor: Comparing ENP South to NATO’s MENA Policy <i>Pernille Rieker </i>7 The EU and the US Reactions to the Arab Spring 2011: (New) Response to a Changing Middle East and North Africa <i>Assem Dandashly </i><strong>Part 3 Crisis Management, Missions and Operations</strong><i> </i>8 State-Building and Police Reform in Afghanistan:EU and US Engagement in Comparative Perspective <i>Dinoj Kumar Upadhyay and Maria Pawelec </i>9 The European Union’s Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective: The EU and the US in the Sahel Ronja Kempin, Ronja Scheler, and Stefan Steinicke<i> </i>10 Building a Comprehensive Approach "Bottom Up": A Systematic Comparison of the EU’s, the US’ and NATO’s Strategies for Providing Security to the Horn of Africa Bjørn Olav Knutsen and Eirik Dønjar<i> </i>11 The European Union, the United Nations and the United States Missions and Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Comparative Perspective Ingo Peters and Madina Diallo Conclusions: Actorness and Power of the European Union in Comparative Perspective Ingo Peters</p>