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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450923603321

Titolo

The actors in Europe's foreign policy / / edited by Christopher Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

0-203-29216-2

1-280-32515-1

1-134-82758-X

0-203-19823-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HillChristopher <1948->

Disciplina

327.4

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

Europe Foreign relations 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Actors in Europe's Foreign Policy; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Actors and actions; Part I The major actors; Chapter 1 France: The impact of François Mitterrand; Chapter 2 Germany's role in the CFSP: 'Normalität' or 'Sonderweg'?; Chapter 3 United Kingdom: Sharpening contradictions; Chapter 4 Regional reassertion: The dilemmas of Italy; Chapter 5 Spain: The uses of foreign policy cooperation; Chapter 6 The Commission: The struggle for legitimacy; Part II The smaller countries

Chapter 7 Belgium: The importance of foreign policy to European political unionChapter 8 Denmark: A new activism in foreign and security policy; Chapter 9 Greece: The limits to convergence; Chapter 10 Ireland and common security: Stretching the limits of commitment?; Chapter 11 Luxembourg: New commitments, new assertiveness; Chapter 12 The Netherlands: The weakening pull of Atlanticism; Chapter 13 Portugal: Pressing for an open Europe; Conclusions: The European rescue of national foreign policy?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Five years ago observers might have doubted that national foreign policies would continue to be of importance: it seemed inevitable that collective European positions were becoming ever more common and



effective. Now the pendulum has swung back with a vengeance. The divided European responses to the prospect of war with Iraq in 1990-91, and to the war in the Balkans have made what happens in the national capitals seem divisive.The Actors in Europe's Foreign Policy is a timely survey of the interplay between the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy and the long-estab