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Book SynopsisThis accessible new textbook situates the European Union in a dramatically changed world order. Resisting a more traditional and abstract introduction to the institutions, structures and policy making processes of the EU, this innovative new text cuts through the jargon to demonstrate how hard the EU must work to retain its international influence. Taking into account the latest empirical developments, including the spread of war and violence in the East with Ukraine and the ongoing turbulent politics of North Africa and the Middle East, Richard Youngs an expert in the field introduces us to how the EU has been forced to act differently. The book is unique in offering an outside-in conceptual framework that inverts the way that the EU external action is studied and understood. It unpacks the different international challenges the EU has faced in recent years, including the weakening of global order, the need for more protective security, geo-economic competition, climate change and c
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction I: Background Chapter 2 The evolution and institutions of EU external action Chapter 3 An outside-in framework for EU external action II: Themes Chapter 4 Navigating the new international order Chapter 5 The EU and the rise of protective security Chapter 6 Geo-economic Europe Chapter 7 Enlargement and its limits Chapter 8 Climate change and energy security Chapter 9 Democracy and human rights III: Regional Challenges Chapter 10 Geopolitical shifts in the Middle East and North Africa Chapter 11 War in Ukraine and Russian challenges in Eastern Europe Chapter 12 Recasting the EU’s international influence
