Screen LibraryThe European Union as a small power：after the post-Cold War
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Basingstoke New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave studies in European Union politics |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 250 p.: ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780230243965 (hbk.) 0230243967 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | D814 |
| CLC: | D814.1 |
| Call Number: | D814.1/T646 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-243) and index. Introduction and basic arguments -- 1. The anatomy of EU security -- 2. The European Union as a historical phenomenon -- 3. European defence : the state of the Union -- 4. The European security strategy revisited -- 5. Lessons from the field -- 6. A question of political Will -- 7. The making of a small power -- 8. The EU unde3r multipolarity -- Conclusion : the purpose of EU power. The post-Cold War period is coming to an end. After a decade of foreign policy integration Europe faces multipolarity internally divided and externally weak. Toje argues that due to the lack of a workable decision-making mechanism the EU is destined to play the limited but distinct role of a small power in global politics. |