The European Union as a Diplomatic Actor

This collection brings together leading scholars and practitioners to assess the processes, institutions and outcomes of the EU's collective diplomatic engagement in the fields of security, human rights, trade and finance and environmental politics. It analyzes successes and failures in the EU's search for global influence in the post-Lisbon era.

Foreword by Pierre Vimont, Secretary-General European External Action Service Peter Debaere, Ghent University, Belgium Ferndando Andresen Guimarães, European External Action Service Frank Hoffmeister, European Commission Knud Erik Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark Yvonne Kleistra, InHolland University of Applied Science Rotterdam, the Netherlands Tom Sauer, University of Antwerp, Belgium Simon Schunz, European Commission Michael Hilton Smith, Loughborough University, UK Karen E. Smith, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Dominik Tolksdorf U.S. Institute of Peace Niels van Willigen, Leiden University, the Netherlands.