This open access book delves into the responses of EU actors, such as member states, institutions, and political groups in the European Parliament, to the fragmentation of the liberal international order (LIO). The analytical framework adopted in this volume explores the diverse interpretations of this phenomenon and the various political initiatives associated with them. Among these interpretations is the concept of strategic autonomy, which has emerged as a key feature of debates surrounding the EU's adaptation to a fragmented LIO. The contributors examine these dynamics across different issue areas and dimensions of EU foreign policy, encompassing the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), external relations, and the externalization of internal policies. They use the term fragmentation to refer to a bundle of processes affecting the LIO that range from challenges to the universality of human rights to the crisis of global governance instruments, from the bifurcation of tech to protectionist tendencies in trade policies.

Explores the ways in which the EU is tackling this epochal change in a broad range of policy areas Develops a new framework of analysis of EU Foreign Policy change Sheds light on the complex political processes through which the EU is grappling with its evolving international role This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Autorentext

Oriol Costa is Associate Professor of International Relations at the UAB (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and Senior Research Associate at IBEI (Barcelona Institute for International Studies), Spain.

Eduard Soler i Lecha is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Martijn Vlaskamp is Assistant Professor at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain.

Inhalt

1. EU foreign Policy and the Fragmentation of the International Order. A Framework for Analysis.- 2. EU Trade Policy in light of a Fragmented Liberal International Order.- 3. Strategic Autonomy in Security and Defence as an Impracticability? How the European Union's Rhetoric Meets Reality.- 4. The European Union and the fragmentation of the International Human Rights Regime: the case of violence against women.- 5. The EU's Role in Global Health: Embracing Governance Complexity?.- 6. Looking for Resource Sovereignty in a Fragmenting Global Order: The EU's Response to Critical Raw materials Challenges.- 7. The Global Gateway: Connectivity and Competition in the Global Race for Infrastructures.- 8. The EU's Response to the Fragmented Emergence of Artificial Intelligence.- 9. An Overstrained Actor? The European Union and the Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control.- 10. Taking Stock on the Role of the EU in a Fragmenting International Order.