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This book reviews a variety of approaches to the study of the European Union's foreign policy. Much analysis of EU foreign policy contains implicit theoretical assumptions about the nature of the EU and its member states, their inter-relationships, the international system in which they operate and the nature and direction of European integration. In many instances such assumptions - not being discussed openly - limit, rather than facilitate debate. The purpose of this book is to open up this field of enquiry so that students, observers and analysts of EU foreign policy can review a broad range of tools and theoretical templates from which the development and the trajectory of the EU's foreign policy can be studied. Situated as it is at the interface between European Studies and International Relations, the book also seeks to engage the attention of readers who are anxious to understand how the European Union relates to the rest of the world and to explain the efforts of the EU and its member states towards the creation of a credible, effective and principled foreign, security and defence policy.

The Convention on the Future of Europe adopted the final version of the draft Treaty establishing the Constitution on July 10, 2003. The aim of this study is to analyse the draft Treaty from the legal & political points of view & to outline the possible consequences of the adoption of this fundamental document that will lay the basis for the future functioning of the European Union. Some thoughts on the process, which preceded adoption of the final version of the draft Treaty, are presented as well. 17 References. Adapted from the source document.

Introduction -- Theories of European integration -- The Rome Treaty and its original agenda (1957-1975) -- The Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty (1975-1993) -- Efforts to reach the next level (1994-2005) -- Institutional dynamics in the European Union -- Enlargement -- Economic and monetary union -- The common agricultural policy -- Cohesion, environmental, and industrial policies -- External economic relations of the European Union -- Common foreign and domestic security policies -- Conclusion

Understanding the institutions of the European Union is vital to understanding how it functions. This book provides students with an introduction to the main institutions and explains their different roles in a user friendly format.

This concluding article assesses the past decade of international scholarship on the European Union (EU) and normative power as represented by the contributions to the special issue. It argues that the normative power approach (NPA) makes it possible to explain, understand and judge the EU in global politics by rethinking the nature of power and actorness in a globalizing, multilateralizing and multipolarizing era. To do this, the article assesses the past decade in terms of normative power engagement, internationalization and comparison. The article then argues that rethinking power and actorness involves reassessing global theory and pouvoir normatif in action. The article concludes by setting out three ways of developing the NPA in its second decade: macro-approach, meso-characterization and micro-analysis. Following the suggestion of Emanuel Adler, Barry Buzan and Tim Dunne, the article sets out how studying the normative foundations of power through the NPA combines the normative rethinking of power and actorness with the structural changes of a globalizing, multilateralizing and multipolarizing era.