Debates on EU foreign policy have been dominated by two opposing
schools of argument. One includes a broad range of work that extols
the virtues of a European liberal concept of power and the other
sees the EU's commitment to cosmopolitan liberalism and soft power
as a sign of weakness rather than strength.
This book judges the EU on its own terms as a liberal power,
examining its policy record, rather than simply asserting that the
EU's liberal commitments in themselves denote either a superior or
inferior foreign policy approach. Youngs argues that the challenges
facing Europe's role in the world appear to be in its retreat from
liberal internationalism through a series of case studies on policy
areas: trade, multilateral diplomacy, security, development
cooperation, democracy and human rights, and energy security.
Presenting detailed evidence that show the EU is moving away from
cosmopolitan strategy, Youngs asserts that Europe needs to reassess
its foreign policies if it is to defend the kind of liberal world
order necessary for its own and other countries' long term
interests.
This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of
European politics, Foreign Policy and International Relations.
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