Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Strong, Independent, and Effective -- 2 The Fight Against Terrorism -- 3 The EU's Role in International Climate Change Policy-Making -- 4 European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU's Role as a Normative Power -- 5 The EU in the Wake of Palestine's Request of Admission to Membership in the United Nations -- 6 EU Energy Cooperation in the Neighbourhood -- 7 The Empire Strikes Back -- 8 The EU's Central Asian Strategy in a Globalizing World -- 9 The Geek, the Bully, and the Freaks -- 10 The European Union in the Northern Latitudes -- 11 The Limits and Contributions of the EU to Democracy in Latin America -- 12 The Shapping EU-Mercosur Relations -- 13 Discovering the Icebergs of EU Interregional Actorness in Asia -- 14 It Takes Two to Tango -- 15 Was There Any Coherent European China Policy in the Case of the EU Arms Embargo on China? -- 16 The European Union as an Actor in International Trade Relations -- 17 Gender Equality in European Union Development Policy -- 18 Gender Mainstream in EU-SADC Relations -- 19 The EU and the Global Promotion of Children's Rights Norms - Index.

This two-volume project provides a multi-sectoral perspective over the EU's external projections from traditional as well as critical theoretical and institutional perspectives, and is supported by numerous case studies covering the whole extent of the EU's external relations. The aim is to strive to present new approaches as well as detailed background studies in analyzing the EU as a global actor. Volume 1: The first volume "Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU's External Relations" addresses the EU's overall external post-Lisbon Treaty presence both globally and regionally (e.g. in its "neighborhood"), with a special emphasis on the EU's institutional framework. It also offers fresh and innovative theoretical approaches to understanding the EU's international position. -   With a preface by Alvaro de Vasoncelos (former Director European Union Institute for Security Studies)  Volume 2: The second volume "Policies, Actions and Influence of the EU's External Relations", examines in both quantitative and qualitative contributions the EU's international efficacy from a political, economic and social perspective based on a plethora of its engagements.