Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- The EU in International Affairs. A Global Actor "Sui Generis" (Andrea Benvenuti and Max Guderzo) -- Part I: EU External Relations with its Neighbours -- EU Enlargement: A Success but Never a Simple Question of Time (H.E. David Daly) -- The Most Successful Policy of the EU -- Accession - Not an Inevitable Outcome -- The Copenhagen Criteria -- Getting to Know You -- Not a Miracle Cure -- Each Path of Engagement Unique -- Tumultuous Change, Strong Benefits -- Differences in Collective Memory. Perception of Solidarność in Western Europe and in Poland (Dr Karolina Pietras) -- Historical Background -- The Hot Polish Summer of 1980 -- Western Media Coverage of the Polish Summer -- French Press Reaction -- The Cold Polish winter of 1981-82 and its Impact on France -- The Repercussions of the Polish Events on West Germany -- Martial Law's Resonance in the Media -- Solidarność's Ideology and Western Europe -- Different Faces of Assistance to Poland -- Is there a French-German Polarity? -- France and Germany Now -- Part II. The EU and the Asia Pacific Region -- Australia, the "Messina Initiative" and the Establishment of the EEC, 1955-1958 (Dr Andrea Benvenuti) -- Introduction -- Australia's Early Response -- Towards the Establishment of the EEC -- Australian Policy in the Aftermath of the Rome Treaty -- Conclusion -- Images and Perceptions of the EU in New Zealand in the 1950s (Natalia Chaban and Sarah Christie) -- Introduction -- New Zealand Official Discourses on Early European Integration -- Methodology -- European Integration in New Zealand Print Media Discourses -- Europe in NZ Press in the Early 1950s: Schuman Declaration (1950) and Treaty of Paris (1951) -- Framing European Integration on the Continent -- Framing the UK's Reaction -- Framing Commonwealth and New Zealand Responses -- Treaties of Rome (1957).

Framing Actions of the Six European Nations Signing the Treaties -- Framing the UK's Reaction -- Framing the Commonwealth and New Zealand Responses -- Conclusions -- The EU in New Zealand and Singapore. A Normative Power? (Dr Serena Kelly) -- Introduction -- Methodology -- The Case Studies: Singapore and New Zealand -- Internal and External Constructions of NPE -- The EU as a Sui Generis, Multilateral and Legal Entity -- (Semi-)Soft Power Politics? -- The EU's Values -- Beyond the EU's Borders -- Evaluating NPE in Singapore and New Zealand -- Images of the EU in the Eyes of the Singaporean Public -- Images of the EU in the Eyes of the New Zealand Public -- Perceptions of Singaporean Elites on the European Union -- Perceptions of New Zealand Elites on the European Union -- Conclusion -- The EU's Place in India's Foreign and Security Policy (Daniel Novotný) -- Introduction -- India and Geopolitical Imperatives of South Asia -- India's Foreign Policy Tradition: Idealist versus Realist -- Indian Ambivalence Towards Europe -- The EU as a "Trading Superpower" -- The EU and "Strategic Triangles" in South Asia -- The EU and the US in India's Grand Strategy -- India, the EU and a Multi-polar World -- Conclusion -- Contemporary Indian Perspectives on the EU and its Role in South Asia and the World (Rajendra K. Jain) -- Introduction -- Indian Perceptions of the EU -- EU Perceptions of India -- The EU as a Global Actor -- Growing Engagement with South Asia -- The EU and Afghanistan-Pakistan -- Democracy Promotion in South Asia -- EU as an Observer in SAARC -- The EU as a Model for South Asia -- Conclusion: India-EU Relations Now -- The European Union and India. Birds of a Feather or Frenemies for Ever? (Emilian Kavalski) -- Introduction -- Genealogy, Grammars and Contradictions of the EU-India Relationship -- Genealogy of EU-India Relations.

Grammars of EU-India Relations -- Contradictions of EU-India Relations -- Dominant Themes in India's Discourses on the EU -- Conclusion -- The EU in the Asia-Pacific Region: Strategic Approach or Self-marginalization? (Gudrun Wacker) -- Introduction -- Europe's Interests and Declared Goals "vis-à-vis" the Asia Pacific Region -- Economic and Trade Relations -- Political Relations and Security Engagement -- Constraints to Europe's Role in East Asia: Gaps and Dilemmas -- CFSP and ESDP: Work in Progress - Lack of Coherence -- Concentric Circles: Substance versus Symbolic Policy -- External Constraints: A Dilemma for the EU -- Europe's Image in the Region -- Conclusion: Strategic Approach or Marginalization? -- The European Community's Policy towards the People's Republic of China. Establishing Diplomatic Relations (December 1973-May 1975) (Marie Julie Chenard) -- Introduction -- China in the Decision-making Corridors of the Community -- Risks and Benefits of EC-PRC Diplomatic Relations -- European Integration at Work -- At an Opportune Time, an Effective Action on a Favourable Subject -- From Trade Conflicts to "Global Partners". Japan and the EEC 1970-1978 (Dr Hitoshi Suzuki) -- Introduction -- From Post-war Reconstruction to Trade Imbalance between Japan and the EEC/EC -- The Common Commercial Policy, the First Oil Shock and Trade Conflicts -- The Ushiba-Haferkamp Joint Communiqué -- Conclusion -- Part III: The EU, the United States and Latin America -- Containing Chaos: American Social Sciences and Perceptions of a United Europe in the 1940s and 1950s (Flora Anderson) -- Introduction -- The Fable of Post-War European Unity -- The Academic Origins of Post-War US Policy towards European Integration: The "Vision Thing" -- Parsons and Deutsch: Integration and the Future of Europe -- From Vision to Policy: Social Science in Action -- The Marshall Plan.

Coal and Steel -- Conclusion -- The US Perception of EC Enlargement: Cold War Constraints and Empire-building, 1962-73 (Max Guderzo) -- Enlightened Self-Interest -- Realpolitik -- An Ever Closer Alliance? Transforming the EU-NATO Partnership (Dr Rémy Davison) -- Introduction -- From the Gulf War to Prague: Out-of-Area Missions -- The NATO Military Concept for Defence Against Terrorism -- The Terrorism Defence Concept -- The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council -- The Partnership Action Plan -- Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction -- NATO and the EU -- Transatlantic Divisions -- Conclusion -- A Two-Way Mirror: Latin-American Perceptions of European Integration (Edward Moxon-Browne) -- Introduction -- Public Opinion -- European Integration as a "Model" for Latin America -- MERCOSUR as a Two-Way Mirror for the EU? -- Concluding Reflections -- Part IV: The European Communities and ACP Countries: The Post-Colonial Heritage in EU External Relations -- A Matter of Preference: Commonwealth Africa, Britain and the EEC Association System, 1957-75 (Ferdinand Leikam) -- Introduction -- The Creation of the EEC Association System -- The First British EEC Entry Bid and Commonwealth Africa -- Negotiations between Commonwealth Africa and the EEC -- British EEC Membership and the Lomé Convention -- Conclusion -- Linking Europe and Empire: Making Strategic Choices on the Eve of the Treaty of Rome (Laura Kottos) -- Europe and Empire: The Choice of France and Belgium -- Empire, not Europe: The Choice of the United Kingdom -- The Association of Overseas Territories in the Treaty of Rome: A Colonial Policy Inspired by the Belgian and British Model? -- Conclusion: Towards an African Policy in the European Community -- Part V: The EU and International Organizations: Conflict and Crisis Management.

Global Governance and the Reform of the International Legal Order: Some Insights from the European Union (Rostam J. Neuwirth) -- Introduction -- Greater Coherence and Unity: Towards a New Global Legal Order? -- The Reform of the United Nations System in the International Context -- The Fragmentation of the International Legal Order and the "Trade Linkage Debate" -- The Global Legal Order and Its Financial Aspects -- The Legal Order of the European Union: A Continuous Striving for Unity and Coherence -- The Single Institutional Framework -- The Subsidiarity Principle and the Role of Private Individuals -- The Finances of the European Union -- Conclusion -- The European Union, Multilateral Taxation and the Inevitability of Contest and Tension (Dr George Gilligan) -- Introduction -- The EUSTD - A Tale of Decreasing Tension in EU Tax Competition Policy? -- The EUSTD in the International Taxation Policy Context -- Conclusion -- Part VI: Conclusions -- The European Rescue of the Empire or the EU as Ferment of Change in International Relations? (Pascaline Winand) -- The EU as Ferment of Change in the World? -- The "First Non-imperialist Empire in History" and a World of Partnerships and Regions -- Combining Historical and Contemporary Perspectives -- Multiarchival, Multilevel, Multilayered, Multicountry, Comparative and Discursive Approaches -- Broadening the Range of Actors and Time Periods -- The Importance of Institutions -- The EU in the 21st Century -- The EU as a Model and a Significant Global Actor? -- Shadow of the Past, Internal and External Factors -- Index -- "European Policy" -- Recent Titles.