There has never been any dearth of literature on the European Union and its external actions. How is it possible to make an informed choice from the thousands of pages displayed on the web on this topic? The goal of this book is to guide the reader through this inextricable jungle towards quality publications. The authors also succeed in the rare feat of not succumbing to customary but egregious Anglophile sectarianism. As well as the admittedly majority quota of English-speaking documentation, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Finnish articles are also included.

A truly collective European work, this book was written under the direction of two researchers at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and published by Clingendael, Netherlands, within the scope of a COST Action coordinated by GRIP (www.eupax-cost.eu). COST is an EU program supporting network activities among European research centers. … Read more