Stephan Marquardt, LL.M., is the Deputy Head of the Legal Department of the European External Action Service. He was previously the legal adviser of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in New York and a member of the Council Legal Service, where he worked on EU foreign policy and external relations issues. He regularly contributes academic articles and commentaries on the legal and institutional aspects of the EU’s foreign policy.Steven Blockmans is Director of Research at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS, Brussels), Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges & Natolin), Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS, Tallinn) and Editor-in-Chief of the European Foreign Affairs Review.

• PrefaceAbbreviations and AcronymsNotes on ContributorsTémoignagesPart 1EU External Relations1 The Effect of the Principle of Consistency in EU External Relations LawSoledad Rodríguez Sánchez-Tabernero2 Increasing the EU’s Impact in International OrganisationsFavouring Effective Positions over Formal Status?Frederik Naert3 The Long Arm of Chinese LawExtraterritorial Sanctions on Trade and Investments and European ResponsesSteven Blockmans4 The Use of Soft Law Instruments in the European Union’s External RelationsA Delicate Balance between Pragmatism, Transparency and Democratic OversightIvan Smyth5 Some Legal Aspects Related to a Possible Fully-Fledged Association Agreement with PalestineSimona PopanPart 2Common Foreign and Security Policy/Common Security and Defence Policy6 The Legal and Institutional Nature of EU Civilian Crisis Management Missions in the Light of the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European UnionStephan Marquardt, Eszter Orgovan and Emmanuelle Raoult7 L’Article 39 TUE n’est pas au ciel !Gilles Marhic8 Deepening Cooperation between the EU and Its Neighbours in Foreign Policy, Security and Defence – the Norway WayChristophe Hillion9 Implementing Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European UnionLegal Foundations for Mutual Defence in the Face of Modern ThreatsHans Boddens Hosang and Paul Ducheine10 La coopération Entre l’Union Européenne et les Nations Unies dans le domaine de la gestion de criseEric ChaboureauPart 3The EU and International Humanitarian Law11 Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and International Humanitarian Law in Light of the European Parliament’s Resolution on a Ban of Such SystemsWolff Heintschel von Heinegg12 The EU’s Contribution to Preserve the IHL Principles Sustaining Impartial Humanitarian ActionStéphane Kolanowski13 Swimming into Deep WaterArticle 91(3) of the Third Geneva Convention and the Successful Escape of Prisoners of War by SeaLiesbeth LijnzaadIndex