The
intense attention to the Greece’s June election underscores the importance of
not only the European Union’s global economic and financial roles, but also of
the EU’s relationship to the rest of the world. Against this backdrop, editors
Federiga Bindi and Irina Angelescu take up the state of European foreign policy
in their updated edition of
The Foreign Policy of
the European Union: Assessing Europe’s Role in the
World.
The volume’s contributors show that the EU’s
internal troubles have affected its “soft power” and the overall appeal of the
EU model. According to Bindi and Angelescu, it is clear that EU foreign policy
has evolved as a patchwork, an amalgam of issue areas thrown together with
little thought to overall strategy. As the European economic crisis continues,
this volume offers keen insight into the EU’s foreign policy merits and daunting
challenges.
Praise for The Foreign Policy of the European Union
"
The Foreign Policy of the European Union is a very
valuable book. It explains a complex and multi-dimensional subject as clearly
and comprehensively as possible. I would highly recommend it for scholars and
practitioners alike."
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