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A very timely and topical volume concerned with the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the European Union's (EU) capacity to further develop a distinctive foreign policy in accordance with the various policy instruments necessary to fulfil its role as a global actor. This edited volume brings together a host of scholars in the fields of European Studies and International Relations whose contributions offer both innovative theoretical perspectives and new empirical insights. Overall, the book emphasizes the question of the EU's evolving legitimacy and efficiency as a foreign policy and diplomatic actor on the regional and global stage. This shared concern is clearly reflected in the book's three-pronged structure: Part 1 - the EU a controversial global political actor in an emergent multipolar world with contributions from A.Gamble, M.Telò and J.Howorth; Part 2 - After the Lisbon Treaty: the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the European External Action Service, includes chapters from C.Lequesne, C.Carta and H.Mayer; Part 3 - R.Gillespie, F.Ponjaert, G.Grevi, Z.Chen, H.Nakamura and U.Salma Bava assess the CFSP and the EU's external relations in action. Foreword by S.E.M P. Vimont. As a result, the book is a useful and relevant contribution to European Union studies and International Relations' research and teaching. It offers any interested party informed and comprehensive insights into EU foreign policy at a time when it seeks to undertake an increased role in World affairs and this despite economic crisis.

"This book examines how the young in Northeast Asia engage with the political, especially in terms of the production, reformulation, or contestation of their national identities. Through case studies covering China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Taiwan, the contributions provide a study of the online spaces where youth engage with current debates regarding national identities. The book also unpacks the distinctive forms of expression and negotiation of national identities favoured by younger generations across Northeast Asia and asks questions specifically raised by their political mobilisation. For example, how their public mobilisation for a given cause has forced them to rethink their place in national and global communities. This book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of East Asian culture and politics, media studies and youth studies"--

"There have been significant efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at multiple levels of governance across all regions of the world. However, the manner in which the global governance norms underlying the SDGs are actually being diffused is under-researched and not well understood. This book considers the promotion of the SDGs through the lens of norm diffusion theory, with a focus on three SDG policy areas; health, education and decent work. A distinctive feature of the book is that it offers multiple original case studies of SDG norm diffusion involving Asian and European actors. A unique feature is that the case studies in the book identify relevant SDG norm senders and norm receivers, and examine the relationship between them. The book also challenges the assumption that the SDGs themselves are static and unchanging, and reveals how SDG norms are dynamic and can be reformulated as a result of contestation between norm senders and norm receivers. As well as introducing a diverse and original set of case studies, the book therefore allows readers to deepen their understandings of the policy diffusion mechanisms by which SDGs are diffused, and grasp the patterns of success and failure in the implementation of these policies"--

Is the EU isolated within the emergent multipolar world? Concentrating on interregional relations and focussing on the European Union's (EU) evolving international role with regards to regional cooperation, this innovative book collects a set of fresh empirical analyses of interregional ties binding the EU with its Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, as well as with Asia, Africa and the Americas. The 25 leading authors from 5 continents have contributed original and diverse chapters and the book advances a novel theoretical post-revisionist approach beyond both the Eurocentrism of Europe First perspectives as well as the Euroscepticism of those advocating to simply move Beyond Europe. After a Foreword by A. Acharya, the book's five sections reflect the main drivers of EU interregional policies: The European Union as a Sophisticated Laboratory of Regional and Interregional Cooperation (with chapters by M. Teló, L. Fawcett and T. Risse), De Facto Drivers of Regionalism (F. Ponjaert, M.Shu, A. Valladão and C. Jakobeit), De Jure Drivers of Regionalism (S. Lavenex, G. Finizio, C. Jakobeit, R. Coman, C. Cocq & S. Teo L-Shah), Cognitive Drivers of Regionalism (J. Rüland, E. Fitriani, S. Stavridis & S. Kingah, P. Bacon), and Instrumental Drivers of Regionalism (B. Delcourt, C. Olsson & G. Müller, A. Malamud & P. Seabra and L. Fioramonti & J. Kostopoulos) .--

By focusing on the wider process of negotiations, this novel volume presents the first systematic analysis of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The authors include outstanding scholars and relevant practitioners from across disciplines and various academic institutions around Europe and North America, but also from outside of the transatlantic basin. While presenting a thorough examination of the process of TTIP negotiations, the volume is divided into four parts with each part examining a broader theme and offering three or four shorter exploratory chapters that are a

"Developing EU–Japan Relations in a Changing Regional Context- Front Cover" -- "Developing EU–Japan Relations in a Changing Regional Context" -- "Title Page" -- "Copyright Page" -- "Contents" -- "Illustrations" -- "Figures" -- "Tables" -- "Contributors" -- "Preface" -- "Abbreviations" -- "Introduction" -- "Europe and Japan in East Asia: a focus on law and security" -- "EU–Japan cooperation in practice: explaining key issues in a dynamic relationship" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "PART I: Europe and Japan in East Asia: a focus on law and security" -- "Chapter 1: Japan–Europe security cooperation: a view from Japan" -- "Introduction" -- "Historical development" -- "Japan–EU cooperation" -- "Maritime security" -- "Future institutionalisation of the multilateral risk reduction mechanism in Asia and the Pacific" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 2: Legal construction of an East Asian community: is it worth it?" -- "Introduction" -- "Regional challenges in East Asia" -- "Legal conception of an East Asian community: an attempt to change the sovereignty mindset and to foster a new political philosophy" -- "Legal construction of an East Asian community: the CREP proposal" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 3: The EU's security interests in East Asia: Japan as a strategic partner?" -- "Introduction" -- "A changing partnership" -- "The security interests of the EU in East Asia" -- "The EU's approach to â€security'" -- "Cooperation with Japan" -- "Challenges and opportunities: shared interests and possible areas of cooperation" -- "Building a treaty basis for cooperation" -- "Conclusions" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 4: Evolving Japanese security strategy" -- "Introduction" -- "Comprehensive approach to security during the Cold War" -- "Changing external environment in East Asia" -- "Changing domestic context in Japan