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​Mit diesem Band wird zum ersten Mal eine Einfuhrung vorgelegt, die alle drei baltischen Staaten - Estland, Lettland und Litauen - systematisch vergleichend analysiert. Meist werden die drei Staaten vor allem von westlichen Beobachtern in einem Atemzug genannt. Wahrend dies auf den ersten Blick gerechtfertigt sein mag, offenbart eine nahere Betrachtung neben Ahnlichkeiten auch gravierende Unterschiede zwischen den Staaten. Die Beitrage der baltischen und nicht-baltischen Experten, die in ihren thematischen Kapiteln immer alle drei baltischen Staaten vergleichend in den Blick nehmen,...

The European Union is one of the world's biggest economies. However, its role as an international actor is ambiguous and it's not always able to transform its political power into effective external policies. The development of an 'assertive' European Union challenges the image of an internal project aimed at economic integration and international relations theories based on unitary state actors. This book systematically links the EU's external relations to existing political theories, showing how existing theories need to be modified in order to deal with specific characteristics of the EU...

The European Union is one of the world's biggest economies. However, its role as an international actor is ambiguous and it's not always able to transform its political power into effective external policies. The development of an assertive European Union challenges the image of an internal project aimed at economic integration and international relations theories based on unitary state actors. The contributors explore a wide range of issues and policy areas in all three pillars of the Union.

In a multipolar world with growing demand for energy, not least by Emerging Powers such as Brazil, India, China or South Africa (BICS), questions of EU external energy governance would at first hand appear to be a high-priority. Yet, reality tells a different story: the EU's geographical focus remains on adjacent countries in the European neighbourhood and on issues related to energy security. Despite being Strategic Partners and engaging in energy dialogues, it seems that the EU is lacking strategic vision and is not perceived as a major actor in energy cooperation with the BICS. Thus,...