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Informationen zum Autor SODERBAUM, FREDRIK; Langenhove, Luk Van Klappentext A new look at the European Union's role as a global actor, with special focus on the theme of interregionalism in its relations with key regions around the world: Africa, Asia, South America, North America and Central-Eastern Europe.This new collection clearly shows how, since the end of the Cold War, the European Union has gradually expanded its external relations and foreign policies and become a global actor in world politics. During the last decade interregionalism has become a key component of the EU's external relations and foreign policies. In fact, the EU has quickly become the hub of a large number of interregional arrangements with a number of regions around the world. Promoting regional and interregional relations not only justifies and enhances the EU's own existence and efficiency as a global 'player', the strategy also promotes the legitimacy and status of other regions, giving rise to a deepening of cross-cutting interregional relations in trade and economic relations, political dialogue, development cooperation, cultural relations and security cooperation. This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading Journal of European Integration. Zusammenfassung Offering a different look at the European Union's role as a global actor, this book focuses on the theme of interregionalism in its relations with key regions around the world. It shows how, since the end of the Cold War, the European Union has expanded its external relations and foreign policies and become a global actor in world politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The EU as a Global Actor and the Role of Interregionalism 2. A Triumph of Realism over Idealism? Cooperation Between the European Union and Africa 3. The European dialogue with the MERCOSUR: a relationship based on strategic and neo-liberal principles 4. New Interregionalism?: The EU and East Asia 5. The Limits of Interregionalism: The EU and North America 6. The EU and Central and Eastern Europe: The Absence of Interregionalism 8. EU as a Global Actor and the Dynamics of Interregionalism: a Comparative Analysis...
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1. Introduction: The EU as a Global Actor and the Role of Interregionalism 2. A Triumph of Realism over Idealism? Cooperation Between the European Union and Africa 3. The European dialogue with the MERCOSUR: a relationship based on strategic and neo-liberal principles 4. New Interregionalism?: The EU and East Asia 5. The Limits of Interregionalism: The EU and North America 6. The EU and Central and Eastern Europe: The Absence of Interregionalism 8. EU as a Global Actor and the Dynamics of Interregionalism: a Comparative Analysis
