TY - CHAP
T1 - The European Union as a Subsystem of International Relations
AU - Vanhoonacker - Kormoss, Sophie
AU - Duke, Simon
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This chapter focuses on the European Union as a subsystem of international relations. It examines the following questions, taking into account the historical context in which EU foreign policy has developed as well as the theoretical pluralism that has characterized its study. First, how has the EU dealt with its own international relations internally? Second, what are the ideas and principles underlying EU foreign policy? Third, what is the EU's collective action capacity in relation to the rest of the world? The chapter illustrates interstate dynamics as a result of European integration by focusing on the cases of France, Germany, and Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). It also considers the EU's international identity and its role as a collective actor.
AB - This chapter focuses on the European Union as a subsystem of international relations. It examines the following questions, taking into account the historical context in which EU foreign policy has developed as well as the theoretical pluralism that has characterized its study. First, how has the EU dealt with its own international relations internally? Second, what are the ideas and principles underlying EU foreign policy? Third, what is the EU's collective action capacity in relation to the rest of the world? The chapter illustrates interstate dynamics as a result of European integration by focusing on the cases of France, Germany, and Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). It also considers the EU's international identity and its role as a collective actor.
U2 - 10.1093/hepl/9780198737322.003.0002
DO - 10.1093/hepl/9780198737322.003.0002
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780198737322
T3 - The New European Union Series
SP - 23
EP - 42
BT - International Relations and the European Union
A2 - Hill, Christopher
A2 - Smith, Michael
A2 - Vanhoonacker, Sophie
CY - Oxford
ER -