HARTMUT MAYER is Fellow and Lecturer in Politics (International Relations) at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK. He has been a visiting researcher at the European University Institute in Florence and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. His recent publications include a book on German-British relations and various book chapters and articles on European security policy, German foreign policy and the external relations of the EU. HENRI VOGT is Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. His boo

• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; H.Vogt The Problem of Institutional Responsibility and the EU; A.Szigeti The EU's Responsibility for Global Security and Defence; H.Ojanen The Mutual, 'Shared' and 'Dual' Responsibility of the West: The EU and the US in a Sustainable Transatlantic Alliance; H.Mayer The EU as a Regional Power: Extended Governance and Historical Responsibility; K.Raik The EU, Russia and the Problem of Community; P.Aalto Assigning Duties in the Global System of Human Rights: The Role of the European Union; E.Jurado A 'Responsible' EU, Multinational Migration Regime and the Case of ASEM; R.Karatani Coping with Historical Responsibility: Trends and Images of the EU's Development Policy; H.Vogt The EU - A Responsible Trading Partner?; T.O'Shaughnessy Citizens' Perceptions of the EU as a Global Actor; J.Ekman Conclusion: The Global Responsibility of the EU: From Principles to Policy; H.Mayer & H.Vogt Index