Multilateralism in the 21st century : Europe's quest for effectiveness / / edited by Caroline Bouchard, John Peterson and Nathalie Tocci

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452335903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park Abingdon Oxon : , : Rouledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-415-52004-5; 0-203-71949-2; 1-135-07721-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BouchardCaroline; PetersonJohn; TocciNathalie
• Disciplina: 341.242/2
• Soggetti: European cooperation; International relations; Security, International; Electronic books.; Europe Foreign relations; European Union countries Foreign relations
• 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; Multilateralism in the 21st Century; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Figures and tables; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Multilateralism in the twenty-first century; Part I Mapping modes of multilateralism; 2 Making multilateralism effective: Modernising global governance; 3 The evolving 'doctrine' of multilateralism in the twenty-first century; 4 Effective or defective? Europe's experience of multilateralism; Part II Multilateralism in EU policies; 5 Assessing EU multilateral action: Trade and foreign and security policy within a legal and living framework6 Market Power Europe: Externalization and multilateralism; Part III Multilateralism in practice: Key regions and partners; 7 The energy and migration dimensions of the EU's cooperation with the Mediterranean; 8 Multilateralism as envisaged? Assessing European Union's engagement in conflict ; resolution in the neighbourhood; 9 The European Union development strategy in Africa: The economic partnership agreement as a case of 'aggressive' multilateralism?; 10 The EU's engagement with China in global climate governancePart IV The European Union in multilateral fora; 11 The European Union and the reform of the United Nations: Towards a more effective Security Council; 12 All together now? The European Union's contribution to fiscal multilateralism in the G20; 13 The EU and the Middle East Quartet: A case of (in)effective multilateralism; 14 Conclusion: The EU and effective multilateralism; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>This volume focuses on multilateralism in the 21st century and examines how, and how effectively, the EU delivers on its commitment to effective multilateralism.</P><P></P><P>Presenting results generated by MERCURY, an EU research programme into multilateralism, this book addresses a central research question: does the EU deliver on its commitment to effective multilateralism? </P><P></P><P>Globalisation has created powerful new incentives for states to cooperate and has generated renewed interest in multilateralism. While a large body of work exists on multilateralism as a concept, it cont