Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Normative and Strategic Aspects of European Foreign Policy -- The Relationship between the EU and Developing Countries -- Research Design -- Argument and Structure -- 1 The EU's Normative Foreign Policy -- Introduction -- The EU as an International Actor -- The EU as a Promoter of Norms -- The African Counterparts to the EU -- Conclusion -- 2 Conflict Management -- Introduction -- The European View of the Responsibility to Protect -- EU-Africa Relations on Conflict Management -- The Political Process of EU Conflict Management Policy in Darfur -- Conclusion -- 3 Trade -- Introduction -- The European Interpretation of WTO Rules -- The Economic Partnership Agreements -- Building a European Position on the EPAs -- Conclusion -- 4 Environmental Protection -- Introduction -- The European Approach to Sustainable Development -- EU-Africa Relations for Joint Climate Action -- Drafting a European Climate Policy Toward Africa -- Conclusion -- Conclusion An Assessment of the EU's Africa Policies -- Introduction -- EU Promotion of Integration in Africa -- Explaining the EU's Africa policies -- Perspectives on EU-Africa Relations -- Annex List of Interviews and Informal Conversations -- Bibliography -- Index.