International Relations of the EU

Steve Marsh is the Director of European Union Studies at Cardiff University and also lectures across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the European Union. He has co-authored an undergraduate textbook on post-war American foreign policy for Routledge as part of their Making of the Contemporary World series and is to be published in September 2000.Hans Mackensteinis Professor of International Business at the Fachhochschule Aachen in Germany.

'...a solidly researched book about the EU as a global actor.''...a valuable empirical contribution that goes well beyond formal institutional description to encompass analysis of the EU as a global actor.'Alistair Cole, The Times Higher, December 2nd 2005'The work will interest scholars and students of European Union Studies and International Relations.'European Sources Online 01/12/05‘As an empirical study, this book has much to recommend it. Undergraduate students in particular will appreciate the detailed historical narrative which pulls together a lot of relevant material in a structured, logical format.’Brian White, European Foreign Affairs Review Vol. 11, Issue 4

• The European Community and international security: from World War Two to post-Cold War The European Community’s rise to economic might: from regional free-trade arrangement to global economic power? The European Union and external relations The post-Cold War EU-US security relationship Friends or foes?: the EU-US economic relationship The EU and security in Central and South Eastern Europe The EU’s economic relations with its European and Mediterranean neighbours The European Union and global security The EU as a global economic actor Conclusion