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How is the international responsibility of the European Union determined? In the context of the multilayered and ever evolving Union legal order, the Lisbon Treaty has introduced considerable changes to the Union's participation in international affairs. These essays address the various questions raised by the Union's international responsibility.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 THE CONCEPT OF AUTONOMY -- CHAPTER 3 WHY AUTONOMY DEVELOPS (OR NOT): AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNT -- CHAPTER 4 A QUALITATIVE COMPARISON OF MULTIPLE CASES -- CHAPTER 5 THE CREATION OF AGENCIES AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL -- CHAPTER 6 THE DESIGN OF EUROPEAN UNION AGENCIES -- CHAPTER 7 REGULATING THE PHARMACEUTICALS SECTOR: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY -- CHAPTER 8 REGULATING THE FOODSTUFFS SECTOR: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY -- CHAPTER 9 MONITORING THE ENVIRONMENT: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY -- CHAPTER 10 MONITORING DISCRIMINATION: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA -- CHAPTER 11 COOPERATION AMONG POLICE FORCES: THE CASE OF EUROPOL -- CHAPTER 12 COOPERATION AMONG JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES: THE CASE OF EUROJUST -- CHAPTER 13 CONCLUSIONS: AUTONOMY, INSTITUTIONALISATION AND THE LEADERSHIP OF EUROPEAN UNION AGENCIES -- CHAPTER 14 BEYOND EXPLORATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE AGENCIFICATION OF EUROPE -- APPENDIX I: AGENCIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- APPENDIX II: INTERVIEW RESPONDENTS -- REFERENCES -- DUTCH SUMMARY (NEDERLANDSE SAMENVATTING) -- CURRICULUM VITAE.

Indonesia is the largest producer of palm oil in the world. With Malaysia, palm oil production could account for about eighty percent of global production. Meanwhile, Europe is the country with the third largest CPO export destination for Indonesia after India and China. However, the EU proposed a European Union resolution initiative on palm oil and deforestation of rainforest, which finally passed with the major votes from EU members of Parliament in April 2017. The key point on EU resolution reveals that EU will ban palm oil use for biofuels production by 2020. The purpose of this research is to analyze the Indonesian government's diplomatic efforts to respond and negotiate with EU regarding the issue. It is also considered important to prevent the global downturn on palm oil products. To analyze the diplomacy effort, the researcher will use qualitative methods presented through data collection from sources such as books, journals, press releases and official reports from institutions in this case the European Union. To support the research, the researcher also uses primary data through the interview with one of the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia for diplomatic actions conducted by Indonesian government. This research finds that the government of Indonesian finally combined several soft diplomatic strategies to face EU both directly and indirectly.Keywords: Strategies, Government of Indonesia, Trade, Palm Oil, EU Resolution, Deforestation

This book shines new light on the political system of the European Union (EU) by focusing on civic resources as a keystone of the EU's ability to sustain. Less-tangible resources such as trust, solidarity, mutual recognition and citizens' social and political participation have been, until now, largely ignored in the research on European integration. Due to the fundamental changes to the EU in recent years and the challenges ahead, European citizens have become increasingly critical of a long-lasting unification process in Europe. This volume theoretically and empirica.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 EU Development Policy Revisited -- 1.2 A Global Political Justice Approach -- 1.3 What We Know - and Why We Need to Move our Knowledge Forward -- 1.4 The EU's Rights-Based Approach: a Primer -- 1.5 EU Development Policy at a Crossroads -- 1.6 Methodology and Structure of the Book -- Notes -- References -- 2 Rights-based Approaches: A Framework for Analysis -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Rights-based Approaches to Development -- 2.3 A Turn Not Taken: Justice and the Role of Human Rights in Development -- 2.4 A Global Political Justice Perspective -- 2.4.1 Globalised Sovereignty: the Republican Proposition of Justice as Non-Domination -- 2.4.2 Securing Individual Autonomy: Global Justice as Impartiality -- Criteria -- Operationalisation -- Weaknesses -- 2.4.3 Recognising Difference Through Justice as Mutual Recognition -- Criteria -- Operationalisation -- Weaknesses -- 2.5 Accounting for the EU's Policies: Interpretation and Application of Human Rights Norms -- 2.5.1 Interpretation of Human Rights: Justificatory and Applicatory Discourses -- 2.6 Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- 3 The EU's Development Policy Post-2020: Continuity or Change? -- 3.1 Instrumentalisation of EU Development Policy? -- 3.2 Rights-based Approaches: Reconciling Human Rights Protection With a Participatory Process -- 3.2.1 Operationalisation and Methodology -- 3.3 Change Or Continuity in the EU´s Rights-Based Approach? -- 3.3.1 The EU's Rights-Based Approach: Conditionality and the Cotonou Acquis -- 3.3.2 Post-Cotonou: a Weakening of Human Rights Commitments? -- A Participatory Process? -- 3.4 Limits to the EU's Rights-Based Approach -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

Turkey's Accession to the European Union: Political and Economic Challenges, edited by Belgin Akçay and Bahri Yilmaz, examines economic and political assessments concerning Turkey's road to inclusion in the European Union. This book provides a timely overview of some of the most important issues and debates in the changing context of Europe, the changing context of domestic politics and foreign policy in Turkey, and the likely implications of these changes and developments for EU-Turkey relations