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).

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.

"As the liberal order fragments and Europe struggles to change skin in response, Costa, Soler i Lecha and Vlaskamp's volume provides an invaluable compass to uncover the underlying political dynamics and policy trajectories in the EU’s changing and at times contradictory external action.” --Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy       “To address the key question of how the EU is responding to international fragmentation, this volume intelligently spans through different policy realms and dissects the worldviews – nationalist, Atlanticist, Europeanist - behind the politics shaping the EU’s future direction. By marrying international relations theory with policy analysis, this book is a must read for scholars and practitioners alike.” – Rosa Balfour, Director of Carnegie Europe, Belgium       “Many of the certainties that have guided EU foreign policy over the past decades are being questioned. This book comes at the right time to help guide us in our understanding of the EU’s place in international order. A stellar line-up of authors unpack what a fragmented international order means for Europe and the world.” – Daniel Fiott, Head of the Defence and Statecraft Programme at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium     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 explores the diverse interpretations of this phenomenon and the various political initiatives associated with them, including strategic autonomy, a key feature of debates surrounding the EU’s adaptation to a fragmented LIO. Contributors examine these dynamics across different issue areas and dimensions of EU foreign policy, encompassing Common Foreign and Security Policy, external relations, and the externalization of internal policies.   Oriol Costa is Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and Senior Research Associate at IBEI, Spain.   Eduard Soler i Lecha is Associate Professor at the UAB, Spain.   Martijn Vlaskamp is Assistant Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain.

“As the liberal order fragments and Europe struggles to change skin in response, Costa, Soler i Lecha and Vlaskamp's volume provides an invaluable compass to uncover and understand the underlying political dynamics and policy trajectories in the EU’s changing and at times contradictory external action.” (Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy) “To address the key question of how the EU is responding to international fragmentation, this volume intelligently spans through different policy realms and dissects the worldviews – nationalist, Atlanticist, Europeanist - behind the politics shaping the EU’s future direction. By marrying international relations theory with policy analysis, this book is a must read for scholars and practitioners alike.” (Rosa Balfour, Director of Carnegie Europe, Belgium) “Many of the certainties that have guided EU foreign policy over the past decades are being questioned. This book comes at the right time to help guide us in our understanding of the EU’s place in international order. A stellar line-up of authors expertly unpack what an ever fragmented international order means for Europe and the world.” (Daniel Fiott, Head of the Defence and Statecraft Programme at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

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

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