Chapter 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
Richard Youngs is Professor of International Relations at the University of Warwick and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels. He is also visiting professor at the College of Europe. He is the author of 14 books on different elements of EU external relations, European politics and international democracy.