The European Union - a Global Actor?: A Global Actor?

Is the European Union a unified actor in world politics? The world's leading economic power is still struggling to find its role in shaping and maintaining global peace, free trade, and commerce. How successful is the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and its institutions? In this book, renowned experts propose answers to these key questions. Contents include: The European Security Strategy - The Way Ahead * The Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) - Challenges after "Lisbon" * The European External Action Service * The EU at the UN * The Relationship between EU and NATO * Environmental Protection: Global Challenges for the EU * The 'European Social Model' - Lighthouse for the World or Sick Man on the Bosporus?