Northern Europe and the making of the EU's Mediterranean and Middle East policies normative leaders or passive bystanders?

What drives European foreign policy towards the wider Mediterranean and Middle East region? This collection takes an innovative approach to answering this question, by considering the impact of intra-European divisions on European polices towards this crucial region. European foreign policy has trad...

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Other Authors: Behr, Timo (Editor), Tiilikainen, Teija (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2016
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Timo Behr and Teija Tiilikainen
  • 2. The making of Middle East policies : the conceptual framework of foreign policy-making / Teija Tiilikainen
  • 3. Power and politics in the making of Euro-Mediterranean policies : exploring the role of the 'North-South split' / Timo Behr
  • 4. Germany : from self-restraint to leadership? / Timo Behr
  • 5. Austria : historic entanglement, high-profile engagement and EU streamlining / Wolfgang Mühlberger
  • 6. The Netherlands : follow Washington, be a good European / Jort Statema and Paul Aarts
  • 7. Denmark : between Clumsy Hans and Thumbelina? / Helle Malmvig
  • 8. Sweden : a 'supporting actor' to the EU? / Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués
  • 9. Finland : from neutrality to constructive Europeanness / Teija Tiilikainen
  • 10. The Czech Republic : many allies, one friend / Lucia Najšlová
  • 11. Poland : from onlooker to wannabe agenda-setter / Patrycja Sasnal
  • 12. Conclusions / Timo Behr and Teija Tiilikainen.