New democracies are uniquely positioned to promote democratic values and have a competitive advantage in the global democracy assistance industry.

This book examines the attempts of one group of young democracies, from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), to channel this pro-democracy agenda into both national and European foreign policy and development support. It looks at how CEE is 'upstream' changing the EU on crucial policy issues as part of the common foreign and security policy. Furthermore, it tracks the process whereby imported ideas and norms are recycled for further export...

This ground-breaking volume provides a new perspective on the EU's foreign policy and offers a reconstruction of EU research that extends beyond narrow-minded concepts of 'power' and 'actorness'. Focusing on two intertwined research questions, it presents a more sustainable base for studying EU foreign policy:

1. What is the EU's foreign policy quality in terms of 'actorness' and 'power' compared to other types of actors in international relations and global politics?
2. What factors influence the EU's foreign policy performance in comparison to states and...

This book collects Thomas Risse's most important articles together in a single volume. Covering a wide range of issues the end of the Cold War, transatlantic relations, the "democratic peace," human rights, governance in areas of limited statehood, Europeanization, European identity and public spheres, most recently comparative regionalism it is testament to the breadth and excellence of this highly respected International Relations scholar's work. The collection is organized thematically domestic politics and international relations, international sources of domestic change, and the...

Russia's impact on EU policy transfer to the post-Soviet space has not been as negative as often perceived. EU policies have traveled to countries and issue areas, in which the dependence on Russia is high and Russian foreign policy is increasingly assertive.

This book explores Russia's impact on the transfer of EU policies in the area of Justice, Liberty, and Security and energy policy - two policy areas in which countries in the EU's Eastern neighborhood are traditionally strongly bound to Russia. Focusing especially on Armenia and Georgia, it examines whether it is the structural...

As the EU enters an increasingly uncertain phase after the 2016 Brexit referendum, Euroscepticism continues to become an increasingly embedded phenomenon within party systems, non-party groups and within the media. Yet, academic literature has paid little attention to the emergence of, and increased development of, transnational and pan-European networks of EU opposition. As the gap between Europe s mainstream political elites and an increasingly sceptical public has widened, pan-European spheres of opposition towards the EU have developed and evolved.

The volume sets out to...

This book examines lobbying in EU foreign policy-making and the activities of non-state actors (NSAs), focusing on EU foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It sheds light on the interactions between the EU and NSAs as well as the ways in which NSAs attempt to shape EU foreign policies. By analysing issues that have not yet received systematic attention in the literature, this book offers new insights into lobbying in EU foreign policy, EU relations surrounding the conflict and the EU's broader role in the peace process.

The book will be of key interest to scholars and...

Today, the European Union faces challenges that not only threaten internal cohesion but also its position in the global system. This book is about the future of the EU in the light of global power transition taking place in the twenty-first century and demonstrates how its future rests on a delicate balance between policy challenge, member states' interests, and convergence or divergence of societal values across its peoples.

The book examines factors behind the decline of the EU relative to the rise of China and other powers in the global hierarchy and what policy options are...

The book examines the behaviour of the European Commission in EU external energy relations paying particular attention to the dynamics existing between the Commission and the Member States. IT examines the commission as a constrained policy-entrepreneur trying to expand its power, budget and competences, yet frustrated by member states protective of their national sovereignty

Analysing the Commission as agent and the Member States as its principals it proposes a more nuanced examination of behaviour where the agent tries to satisfy its own interests but is still...

Little is known about the likely influences of these parties on public policies and if and how they have responded to expectations of voters when deciding on policies.

This book explains the conditions under which political parties have played a central role in policymaking, and influencing economic growth, in post-communist European countries, highlighting two essentially related areas: higher education and international trade and investment. It illustrates how these countries have become reliant on multinational companies (MNCs), given their governments' strategy to...