This collection brings together leading scholars and practitioners to assess the processes, institutions and outcomes of the EU's collective diplomatic engagement in the fields of security, human rights, trade and finance and environmental politics. It analyzes successes and failures in the EU's search for global influence in the post-Lisbon era.

Autorentext
Foreword by Pierre Vimont, Secretary-General European External Action Service Peter Debaere, Ghent University, Belgium Ferndando Andresen Guimarães, European External Action Service Frank Hoffmeister, European Commission Knud Erik Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark Yvonne Kleistra, InHolland University of Applied Science Rotterdam, the Netherlands Tom Sauer, University of Antwerp, Belgium Simon Schunz, European Commission Michael Hilton Smith, Loughborough University, UK Karen E. Smith, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Dominik Tolksdorf U.S. Institute of Peace Niels van Willigen, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Inhalt
Foreword by Pierre Vimont, Secretary-General European External Action Service 1. Introduction: The EU as a Diplomatic Actor; Joachim A. Koops and Gjovalin Macaj 2. The EU as a Diplomatic Actor in the Post-Lisbon Era: Robust or Rootless Hybrid?; Michael H. Smith 3. EU Diplomacy in Global Governance: The Role of the EEAS; Knud Erik Jorgensen 4. Evaluating the Impact of EU Diplomacy: Pitfalls and Challenges; Yvonne Kleistra and Niels van Willigen 5. EU Diplomacy at the Individual Level: The Role and Impact of the EU Special Representatives; Dominik Tolksdorf 6. Speak Up! Getting the EU a Voice at the UN General Assembly; Fernando Andresen Guimaraes 7. The EU as a Coercive Diplomatic Actor? The EU-3 Initiative Towards Iran; Tom Sauer 8. The EU's Role and Performance within the G20 in the Area of Finance and Development; Peter Debaere 9. The EU as an International Trade Negotiator; Frank Hoffmeister 10. The EU as a Diplomatic Actor in the Field of Human Rights; Karen E. Smith 11. The European Union's Climate Change Diplomacy; Simon Schunz