After two decades of research into the impact of the EU on domestic politics and policies, this book explores the relationship between Europeanization and EU integration. It argues that Europeanization should be considered as a stage in the development of EU integration as well as questioning the notion of incremental Europeanization.

This book accounts for whether and how the path of the European Union (EU) has developed towards potential disintegration. The most promising theory presented here indicates that Brexit is not likely to be followed by other member states leaving the EU.

This book investigates the European involvement in managing the nuclear dispute with Iran, shedding new light on EU foreign policy-making. The author focuses on the peculiar format through which the EU managed Iran's nuclear issue: a `lead group' consisting of France, Germany and the UK and the High Representative for EU foreign policy (E3/EU).

Much attention has been paid to the ongoing and unpredictable Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, but much less on what the absence of the UK might entail for the remaining 27 EU Member States.

This book examines civil society empowerment during the EU enlargement process. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the top-down impact of EU support, it demonstrates NGOs' agency and analyses their shifting strategies throughout the membership negotiations.