The European Union in Africa: Incoherent policies, asymmetrical partnership, declining relevance? provides a comprehensive analysis of EU-Africa relations since the beginning of the twenty-first century and includes contributions from leading experts in the field of EU external relations.

I. Introduction1. EU-Africa relations in the twenty-first century: evolution and explanations – Maurizio CarboneII. Actors and contexts2. The European Union as an actor in Africa: internal coherence and external legitimacy – Fredrik Söderbaum3. The EU’s Africa policy between the US and China: interests, altruism, and cooperation – Gorm Rye Olsen4. Locating the EU’s strategic behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: an emerging strategic culture? – Richard G. Whitman and Toni Haastrup5. Africa’s place in international relations: domestic politics, global linkages – Ian Taylor6. African regionalism: external influences and continental shaping forces – Mary FarrellIII. Policies and partnerships7. Foreign aid, coordination, and ownership in EU-Africa relations – Maurizio Carbone8. EU human rights and democracy promotion in Africa: normative power or realist interests? – Gordon Crawford9. Economic Partnership Agreements and Africa: losing friends and failing to influence – Christopher Stevens10. Unfulfilled expectations? The EU’s agricultural and fisheries policies and Africa – Alan Matthews11. Out of Africa: the energy-development nexus – Amelia Hadfield 12. Climate change and the EU-Africa Strategy: coherence, leadership, and the ‘greening’ of development – Simon Lightfoot13. The EU-Africa migration partnership: the limits of the EU’s external dimension of migration in Africa – Tine Van Criekinge14. Work in progress: the social dimension of EU-Africa relations – Jan OrbieIV. Conclusion15. European policies, African impact and international order: (re)evaluating the EU-Africa relationship – Michael SmithIndex

The European Union in Africa: Incoherent policies, asymmetrical partnership, declining relevance? provides a comprehensive analysis of EU-Africa relations since the beginning of the twenty-first century and includes contributions from leading experts in the field of EU external relations. It seeks to explain how the relationship has evolved through discussion of a number of different policies and agreements, ranging from established areas such as aid, agriculture, trade and security, to new areas such as migration, climate change, energy and social policies.This book successfully challenges a number of widely-held assumptions on the role of the EU in Africa, and at the same time sheds light on the role and identity of the EU in the international arena. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in the field of EU external relations as well as practitioners of international development.