Maurizio Carbone is Professor of International Relations & Development and Jean Monnet Professor of EU External Policies at the University of Glasgow. He has held numerous visiting positions, including at the College of Europe (Natolin) and LUISS University. His research focuses on EU external relations and the politics of international development. He has contributed extensively to policy debates, notably in the EU and the OACPS, and served on the executive committees of leading professional associations, including ECPR, EUSA, and UACES.

• 1: Introduction 2: Conceptual foundations and analytical framework: Understanding international treaty-making Part I. The road to the Samoa Agreement 3: Evolution of a partnership: Revisiting key episodes in ACP-EU negotiations 4: Preparation in the EU: Crafting the negotiating directives amid competing visions 5: Preparation in the OACPS: Preserving cohesion under internal and external pressures Part II. The making of the Samoa Agreement 6: A layered negotiation process: Sequencing, contention, compromise 7: A reconfigured framework for cooperation: Principles, actors, tools 8: An integrated approach to sustainable development: Human wellbeing, economic transformation, environmental sustainability 9: A multifaceted political dimension: Rights and governance, security, migration and mobility 10: Conclusion

Maurizio Carbone is Professor of International Relations & Development and Jean Monnet Professor of EU External Policies at the University of Glasgow. He has held numerous visiting positions, including at the College of Europe (Natolin) and LUISS University. His research focuses on EU external relations and the politics of international development. He has contributed extensively to policy debates, notably in the EU and the OACPS, and served on the executive committees of leading professional associations, including ECPR, EUSA, and UACES.

• 1: Introduction 2: Conceptual foundations and analytical framework: Understanding international treaty-making Part I. The road to the Samoa Agreement 3: Evolution of a partnership: Revisiting key episodes in ACP-EU negotiations 4: Preparation in the EU: Crafting the negotiating directives amid competing visions 5: Preparation in the OACPS: Preserving cohesion under internal and external pressures Part II. The making of the Samoa Agreement 6: A layered negotiation process: Sequencing, contention, compromise 7: A reconfigured framework for cooperation: Principles, actors, tools 8: An integrated approach to sustainable development: Human wellbeing, economic transformation, environmental sustainability 9: A multifaceted political dimension: Rights and governance, security, migration and mobility 10: Conclusion

Maurizio Carbone is Professor of International Relations & Development and Jean Monnet Professor of EU External Policies at the University of Glasgow. He has held numerous visiting positions, including at the College of Europe (Natolin) and LUISS University. His research focuses on EU external relations and the politics of international development. He has contributed extensively to policy debates, notably in the EU and the OACPS, and served on the executive committees of leading professional associations, including ECPR, EUSA, and UACES.

• 1: Introduction 2: Conceptual foundations and analytical framework: Understanding international treaty-making Part I. The road to the Samoa Agreement 3: Evolution of a partnership: Revisiting key episodes in ACP-EU negotiations 4: Preparation in the EU: Crafting the negotiating directives amid competing visions 5: Preparation in the OACPS: Preserving cohesion under internal and external pressures Part II. The making of the Samoa Agreement 6: A layered negotiation process: Sequencing, contention, compromise 7: A reconfigured framework for cooperation: Principles, actors, tools 8: An integrated approach to sustainable development: Human wellbeing, economic transformation, environmental sustainability 9: A multifaceted political dimension: Rights and governance, security, migration and mobility 10: Conclusion