The end of the Cold War presented a major challenge to Western Europe and to the European Union. It led not only to a whole new set of countries seeking to join the EU, but also to a strong demand for a more intensive EU engagement in the broader regional context. This book assesses whether the EU has successfully faced up to this challenge and has adapted its policies towards its immediate neighbourhood in a coherent and strategic manner. This volume examines EU policy from all its major regional dimensions including assessments of: * the enlargement process to East Central...
The end of the Cold War presented a major challenge to Western Europe and to the European Union. It led not only to a whole new set of countries seeki...
The end of the Cold War presented a major challenge to Western Europe and to the European Union. It led not only to a whole new set of countries seeking to join the EU, but also to a strong demand for a more intensive EU engagement in the broader regional context. This book assesses whether the EU has successfully faced up to this challenge and has adapted its policies towards its immediate neighbourhood in a coherent and strategic manner. This volume examines EU policy from all its major regional dimensions including assessments of: * the enlargement process to East Central...
The end of the Cold War presented a major challenge to Western Europe and to the European Union. It led not only to a whole new set of countries seeki...
In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic, a diverse collection of leading European and American analysts are assembled to tackle key questions that remain unanswered in the existing literature:
how much do new security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy doctrine?
what tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to new security strategies?
what are the implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions?
what are the...
In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic, a diverse collection of leading European and American analys...
In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic, a diverse collection of leading European and American analysts are assembled to tackle key questions that remain unanswered in the existing literature:
how much do new security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy doctrine?
what tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to new security strategies?
what are the implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions?
what are the...
In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic, a diverse collection of leading European and American analys...
China s rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China s growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour.
Part One is focused on the domestic drivers of energy policy: it provides a systematic account of recent trends in China s energy sector and assesses the context and processes of energy policy making, and concludes by showing how and why China s oil industry has spread across the world in the last...
China s rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China s growin...
This EU-funded project examines the dynamics of conflict, collaboration and competition in relation to access to oil, gas and minerals. It involves 12 different institutions from across the EU and examines oil, gas and other minerals - spanning geology, technology studies, sociology, economics and political science.
This EU-funded project examines the dynamics of conflict, collaboration and competition in relation to access to oil, gas and minerals. It involves 12...
An original discussion and analysis of the meaning and scope of citizenship. The book examines the concept of citizenship in the light of normative ethical and political arguments as to the possible costs and benefits to political order, community, rights and participation of opting either for a cosmopolitan or a bounded citizenship ideal. As well as putting the concept of cosmopolitan citizenship into question, this book raises fundamental issues as to the adequacy of the current conceptual resources of political and international theory.
An original discussion and analysis of the meaning and scope of citizenship. The book examines the concept of citizenship in the light of normative et...
The Soviet Union and the PLO provides a comprehensive account of Soviet-PLO relations from the formation of the PLO in 1964 to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 199. By analysing in detail the complex and often turbulent evolution of the Soviet-PLO relationship, the book also provides critical insights into Soviet policy making towards the Arab-Israeli conflict and the various strategies Moscow adopted to attain its strategic and ideological interests in the region.
The Soviet Union and the PLO provides a comprehensive account of Soviet-PLO relations from the formation of the PLO in 1964 to the disintegration of t...
