Ulrich Krotz is Professor at the European University Institute (EUI), where he holds the Chair in International Relations in the Political Science Department and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, has taught at Oxford University and Brown University, and has held various research positions at Princeton University, the EUI, and Harvard University. He is author of Flying Tiger: International Relations Theory and the Politics of Advanced Weapons (Oxford University Press, 2011) and History and Foreign Policy in France and Germany (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming). Recent journal publications have appeared in World Politics, International Security, the European Journal of International Relations, European Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Joachim Schild is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Trier. Previously he was a research associate at the Franco-German Institute, Ludwigsburg, and senior research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP) in Berlin, as well as a guest researcher at the Centre de Recherches Politiques (CEVIPOF) at Sciences Po, Paris. His books include Debating Europe: The European Parliament Elections, 2009 and Beyond (Nomos, 2011, edited with Robert Harmsen). He has published journal articles, among others, in the Journal of Common Market Studies and the Journal of European Public Policy.

Shaping Europe is beyond doubt a field-impacting academic piece and a must-read for students of Franco-German relations as well as a broader readership interested in the patterns of European integration, past and present.

• Figures and Tables ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: France and Germany in Europe ; 1. Bilateral Regional Polity and Policy Shaping ; 2. Regularized Bilateral Intergovernmentalism ; 3. Carolingian Symbols and Meaning ; 4. Parapublic Underpinnings of a Bilateral Relationship ; 5. Polity Shaping I: Building Regional Institutions ; 6. Polity Shaping II: The Politics of Enlargement ; 7. Making, Shaping, and Limiting European Markets ; 8. Monetary Cooperation and Integration ; 9. Foreign and Security Policy: Occasional Leadership ; 10. Embedded Bilateralism in Europe ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Ulrich Krotz is Professor at the European University Institute (EUI), where he holds the Chair in International Relations in the Political Science Department and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, has taught at Oxford University and Brown University, and has held various research positions at Princeton University, the EUI, and Harvard University. He is author of Flying Tiger: International Relations Theory and the Politics of Advanced Weapons (Oxford University Press, 2011) and History and Foreign Policy in France and Germany (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming). Recent journal publications have appeared in World Politics, International Security, the European Journal of International Relations, European Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Joachim Schild is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Trier. Previously he was a research associate at the Franco-German Institute, Ludwigsburg, and senior research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP) in Berlin, as well as a guest researcher at the Centre de Recherches Politiques (CEVIPOF) at Sciences Po, Paris. His books include Debating Europe: The European Parliament Elections, 2009 and Beyond (Nomos, 2011, edited with Robert Harmsen). He has published journal articles, among others, in the Journal of Common Market Studies and the Journal of European Public Policy.

Shaping Europe is beyond doubt a field-impacting academic piece and a must-read for students of Franco-German relations as well as a broader readership interested in the patterns of European integration, past and present.

• Figures and Tables ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: France and Germany in Europe ; 1. Bilateral Regional Polity and Policy Shaping ; 2. Regularized Bilateral Intergovernmentalism ; 3. Carolingian Symbols and Meaning ; 4. Parapublic Underpinnings of a Bilateral Relationship ; 5. Polity Shaping I: Building Regional Institutions ; 6. Polity Shaping II: The Politics of Enlargement ; 7. Making, Shaping, and Limiting European Markets ; 8. Monetary Cooperation and Integration ; 9. Foreign and Security Policy: Occasional Leadership ; 10. Embedded Bilateralism in Europe ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Ulrich Krotz is Professor at the European University Institute (EUI), where he holds the Chair in International Relations in the Political Science Department and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, has taught at Oxford University and Brown University, and has held various research positions at Princeton University, the EUI, and Harvard University. He is author of Flying Tiger: International Relations Theory and the Politics of Advanced Weapons (Oxford University Press, 2011) and History and Foreign Policy in France and Germany (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming). Recent journal publications have appeared in World Politics, International Security, the European Journal of International Relations, European Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Joachim Schild is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Trier. Previously he was a research associate at the Franco-German Institute, Ludwigsburg, and senior research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP) in Berlin, as well as a guest researcher at the Centre de Recherches Politiques (CEVIPOF) at Sciences Po, Paris. His books include Debating Europe: The European Parliament Elections, 2009 and Beyond (Nomos, 2011, edited with Robert Harmsen). He has published journal articles, among others, in the Journal of Common Market Studies and the Journal of European Public Policy.

Shaping Europe is beyond doubt a field-impacting academic piece and a must-read for students of Franco-German relations as well as a broader readership interested in the patterns of European integration, past and present.

• Figures and Tables ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: France and Germany in Europe ; 1. Bilateral Regional Polity and Policy Shaping ; 2. Regularized Bilateral Intergovernmentalism ; 3. Carolingian Symbols and Meaning ; 4. Parapublic Underpinnings of a Bilateral Relationship ; 5. Polity Shaping I: Building Regional Institutions ; 6. Polity Shaping II: The Politics of Enlargement ; 7. Making, Shaping, and Limiting European Markets ; 8. Monetary Cooperation and Integration ; 9. Foreign and Security Policy: Occasional Leadership ; 10. Embedded Bilateralism in Europe ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index