EU Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting International Order : Challenges and Strategies / Oriol Costa.

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- 1. EU Foreign Policy and the Fragmentation of the International Order: A Framework for Analysis -- Introduction -- The EU and the Fragmentation of the Liberal International Order -- Mapping Out Responses -- The Discourse on Strategic Autonomy -- Beyond Strategic Autonomy -- Nationalists -- Atlanticists -- Europeanists -- Contributions -- References -- 2. EU Trade Policy in Light of a Fragmented Liberal International Order -- Introduction -- Fragmentation of the International Order -- The European Union on the Issue -- Responses of Different EU Actors -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Strategic Autonomy in Security and Defence as an Impracticability? How the European Union’s Rhetoric Meets Reality -- Introduction -- Fragmentation of the International Order in Security and Defence -- The EU’s Development as a Security Actor Until 2015 -- Strategic Vision: Policy and Capability Development -- Institutions and Political Leadership -- EU Security Policy in Action: Crisis Management Through CSDP Operations -- EU Responses to a Fragmented LIO: The Evolution of EU Security and Defence Policy Since 2016 -- Strategic Adjustment -- Putting ESA into Practice: Strengthening EU Security and Defence Capabilities -- National Perspectives on ESA As a Response to the Fragmentation of the LIO -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. The European Union and the Fragmentation of the International Human Rights Regime: The Case of Violence Against Women -- Introduction -- Fragmenting the Global Governance of Violence Against Women -- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and violence against women -- Violence Against Women: The International Normative Gap -- The Complex Regime of Violence Against Women -- The Pan-European Response to Violence Against Women -- The European Union’s Strategies and Violence Against Women -- The European Union and Violence Against Women: The Istanbul Convention -- Nationalism Blended With Atlanticism: Opposition to the Istanbul Convention -- The EU Process of Ratifying the Istanbul Convention -- The EU’s International Actorness in the Field of Violence Against Women -- Conclusions -- References -- 5. The European Union’s Role in Global Health: Embracing Governance Complexity? -- Introduction -- The Fragmentation of the Global Health Architecture -- The European Union in Global Health -- Responses of EU Actors to Fragmentation -- The European Union -- France, Germany and the Netherlands -- National Positions on the EU GHS -- Civil Society -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Looking for Resource Sovereignty in a Fragmenting Global Order: The EU’s Response to Critical Raw Materials Challenges -- Introduction -- Fragmentation of the International Order -- The European Union and Critical Raw Materials Imports -- Responses of EU Actors to This Fragmentation -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. The Global Gateway: Connectivity and Competition in the Global Race for Infrastructures -- Introduction -- More Players, More Fragmentation? -- The European Union (Re)Discovers Connectivity and Infrastructures -- Building Stuff or Building Friends: Making Sense of the Many Voices Within the EU -- Conclusions -- References -- 8. The EU’s Response to the Fragmented Emergence of Artificial Intelligence -- Introduction -- Digital Consolidation and Fragmentation -- The European Union Regulates Artificial Intelligence -- The EU Response to the Fragmented Emergence of Artificial Intelligence -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9. An Overstrained Actor? the European Union and the Challenges of Nuclear Non-proliferation and Arms Control -- Introduction -- Withstanding Fragmentation? The Endurance of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime -- A Good Citizen? The European Union in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime -- Overcoming Fragmentation? The Limits of a Common Nuclear Non-proliferation Policy -- Conclusion -- References -- 10. Taking Stock on the Role of the EU in a Fragmenting International Order -- Introduction -- On Fragmentation -- Other Fragmentations -- Levels of Analysis -- On the EU in a Fragmenting Liberal International Order -- Acceptance of Fragmentation -- Little Exclusive Nationalism -- Europeanism and Atlanticism -- Deciding on a New Foreign Policy -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Index.

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.

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