Title: EU policy responses to a shifting multilateral system /
Authors: Barbé, Esther,; Costa, Oriol,; Kissack, Robert,
Date: 2016
Publisher: This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature,
Physical description: xxi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: J
Abstract: This book explores how the EU, as an international actor, is adapting to recent transformations in the multilateral system. The international identity of the European Union is built upon its support for effective multilateralism and its commitment to core norms and values. Until recently, there was no need to choose between these goals. Emerging powers in the international system are not only demanding more power in multilateral institutions, but also sometimes seeking to influence their purpose and function, away from those championed by the EU. This presents a dilemma for EU foreign policy – framed in this edited volume as either accommodating changes in order to support multilateral institutions or entrenching the EU position in order to uphold values. Using a common analytical framework, the chapters include case studies on important multilateral institutions such as the United Nations Security Council, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and the International Criminal Court, as well as key policy areas such as energy, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation, and human rights.
Contents: Contributors; Abbreviations/Acronyms ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Accommodating or Entrenching? How the EU Is Dealing with Changes in the Multilateral System; 1 Introduction; 2 EU Foreign Policy in a 'No One's World': Entrench or Accommodate?; 3 International Structures; 4 Theorising Structural Change in a 'World Adrift': Critical Theory; 5 The Impact of Partial Repolarisation: Five Possible Institutional Structures; 6 Case Studies and Main Findings; 7 From Structural Change to Foreign Policy Change; Notes; References The Irony of History: European Responses to the Contested Evolution of the Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Regime1 Introduction; 2 Evolution of the Hegemonic Structure of the Regime; 3 New Challenges to the Regime: Towards a Dysfunctional Structure?; 4 The EU and the Regime in Historical Perspective; 5 EU Responses to the Regime Challenges; 6 Conclusions; Notes; References; An Upstream Battle: The EU and the Reform of the Energy Charter Treaty; 1 Introduction; 2 The Rise (and Fall?) of the ECT: Changing Structures, Behavioural Continuity 3 Dealing with Power Shifts: Explaining Accommodation/Entrenchment in International Politics4 On a Collision Course: Actors' Entrenchment and Near Rupture of the ECT; 5 Rupture or Reform: The ECT Modernisation Process as Accommodation?; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; The Defence of an Institution Under Challenge: The EU and the International Criminal Court; 1 Introduction; 2 The Power-Based Challenge: US-ICC Relations and EU Reactions; The Rome Statute: Institutional Alignment with Ideas Against Power; EU Reaction to the US Challenge: Moving from Entrenchment to Calculated Accommodation The Ideational-Based Challenge: African Union-ICC Relations and EU Reactions The African Union: From Friend to Foe; The EU's Reaction to the African Union Challenge: Back to Entrenchment; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References; EU Trade Policy Reaction to the BIC: From Accommodation to Entrenchment; 1 Introduction; 2 The International Trade Regime Transformation and the BIC; Before Canc︢n: Hegemonic Structure (1947-2003); After Canc︢n: Normative Congruence (2004-2015); 3 EU Response: From Accommodation (2004-2008) to Entrenchment (2009-2015); Decision-Making Accommodation in the DDR (2004-2015) From Accommodation (2004-2008) to Entrenchment (2009-2015) in the DDR Negotiations From Accommodation (2004-2008) to Entrenchment (2009-2015) Through Bilateral Agreements; 4 Entrenchment as EU's Second Best; The EU Wants a Multilateral Agreement; Accommodation to Bring Multilateralism; Entrenchment Endangers Multilateralism; 5 Conclusions; Notes; References; Beijing After Kyoto? The EU and the New Climate in Climate Negotiations; 1 Introduction; 2 The EU in Climate Negotiations Until 2005; 3 Structural Change in Climate Negotiations; Before Bali 2007; After Bali 2007 4 The EU and Structural Change
Subject headings (LCSH): Diplomacy.; European Union.; International relations.; Political science.