Much of the literature on the emerging role of the EU as a non-proliferation actor has only a minimal engagement with theory. This collection aims to rectify this by placing the role of the EU in the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons within an analytical framework inspired by emerging literature on the performance of international organisations.

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Spyros Blavoukos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Dimitris Bourantonis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. Megan Dee, University of Warwick, UK Lina Grip, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden Benjamin Kienzle, King's College London, UK Erik Lundin, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden Oliver Meier, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany Clara Portela, Singapore Management University Gerrard Quille, European Parliament, Belgium Jim Sperling, University of Akron, USA Kamil Zwolski, University of Southampton, UK

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PART I INTRODUCTION AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK 1. Introduction; Clara Portela, Spyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis 2. Capturing the EU International Performance: An Analytical Framework; Spyros Blavoukos PART II: THE EU NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY: BACKGROUND AND EVOLUTION 3. The International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Framework under the NPT and Related Instruments; Dimitris Bourantonis 4. European Union Non-Proliferation Policies Before and After the 2003 Strategy: Continuity and Change; Clara Portela and Benjamin Kienzle 5. A Practitioner's View: The EU Strategy on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament; Gerrard Quille PART III: EU MULTILATERIAL INTERACTIONS 6. The European Union and its Performance in the NPT Negotiations: Consistency, Change and Challenges; Megan Dee 7. The Role of the EU in Controlling Sensitive Nuclear Technologies; Oliver Meier 8. The Performance of the EU in External Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assistance; Lina Grip 9. The EU, the IAEA and the Comprehensive Approach; Lars-Erik Lundin PART IV: EU BILATERAL INTERACTIONS AND GOVERNANCE 10. The US-EU Management of Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century: How Strategic a Strategic Partnership?; James Sperling 11. EU Strategies to Tackle the Iranian and North Korean Nuclear Issues; Clara Portela 12. Institutions and Epistemic Networks in the EU's Non-Proliferation Governance; Kamil Zwolski PART V: CONCLUSIONS 13 Assessing the EU Performance; Spyros Blavoukos, Dimitris Bourantonis and Clara Portela