Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: The European Union in a Changing Context; A.Landau - PART 1: INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITIES: EUROPE AND THE INTERNATIONAL - The New Pattern of International Relations in Europe; A.Hyde-Price - The European Union in Its International Environment: a Systematic Analysis; A.Herrberg - The International Identity of the European Union: Instruments as Identity; R.Whitman - PART 2: INSTITUTIONS AND INTERESTS: BETWEEN SUPRANATIONALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTALISM - The European Union at the Cross Roads: Sovereignty and Integration; L.Aggestam - The Capacity to Act: European National Governments and the European Commission; K.Armingeon - Forging European Union: What Role for the European Parliament?; D.Viola - PART 3: INTERESTS AND IDENTITIES: CLEVAGES AND COMMONALITIES - European Values and National Interests; E.Barbe - The Cultural Semiotics of 'European Identity': Between National Sentiment and the Transnational Imperative; U.Hedetoft - Conclusion; A.Landau & R.Whitman - Bibliography - Index