Includes bibliographical references and index.

International relations and the European Union : themes and issues / Christopher Hill, Michael Smith -- Theory and the European Union's international relations / Filippo Andreatta -- The pattern of the EU's global activity / Geoffrey Edwards -- The institutional framework / Sophie Vanhoonacker -- Coherence and consistency / Simon Nuttall -- Accountable and legitimate? The EU's international role / Christopher Lord -- The Europeanization of foreign policy / Reuben Wong -- Implementation : making the EU's international relations work / Michael E. Smith -- From security to defence : the evolution of the CFSP / Jolyon Howorth -- The external face of internal security / Wyn Rees -- Managing interdependence : the EU in the world economy / Loukas Tsoukalis -- The European Union as a trade power / Sophie Meunier, Kalypso Nicolaidis -- Enlargement and European order / Karen E. Smith -- The shadow of empire : the EU and the former colonial world / James Mayall -- The EU and inter-regional cooperation / Nicole Alecu de Flers, Elfriede Regelsberger -- The EU and the United States / Michael Smith, Rebecca Steffenson -- A European civilising process? / Andrew Linklater -- Acting for Europe : reassessing the European Union's place in international relations / Christopher Hill, Michael Smith.