A common foreign policy for Europe? : competing visions of the CFSP

"A topical study that explores the EU's record as a global actor since the creation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in 1993. The editors considers whether the EU can become a more credible, reliable and unitary global actor."@en
"The European Union's frequent inability to wield its enormous international power effectively in the pursuit of European interests constitutes one of the most fascinating paradoxes of the 'European project'. This book makes an original contribution to the debate about the EU's global role by bringing together competing visions of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It offers a definitive assessment of the post-Maastricht evolution of the EU's role as a global actor, as well as a prognosis for the CFSP given the reforms mandated by the 1997 Amsterdam Treaty."
"This study explores the EU's record as a global actor since the creation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in 1993. Chapters focus on: the interface between EU foreign and trade policies the EU's relationship with European defence organizations its behaviour within the OSCE and UN the institutional consequences of the CFSP case studies of EU policies towards Central and Eastern Europe and the Maghreb countries."