A Responsible Europe?: Ethical Foundations of EU External Affairs (Palgrave studies in European Union Politics)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Three debates......Page 18
Conceptual starting points and existing literature......Page 21
The structure of the book......Page 25
1 The Problem of Institutional Responsibility and the European Union......Page 32
Terminological distinctions: varieties of responsibility and varieties of institutions......Page 33
Institutional agency......Page 35
Can institutional agents be held to moral requirements?......Page 38
Distributive principles for the allocation of responsibilities/duties......Page 41
2 The EU’s Responsibility for Global Security and Defence......Page 51
The construction of a security political agent......Page 53
Sharing capabilities with NATO, or taking over NATO’s functions?......Page 59
Sharing responsibility for security with the UN?......Page 62
Conclusion: not primarily a security agent, yet primary in contemporary security?......Page 65
3 The ‘Mutual’, ‘Shared’ and ‘Dual’ Responsibility of the West: The EU and the US in a Sustainable Transatlantic Alliance......Page 72
A functioning transatlantic partnership as a moral duty......Page 73
Mutual responsibility: reality and respect......Page 75
Shared responsibility: creating and sustaining global order......Page 79
Dual responsibility: softly balancing naivety and narcissism......Page 84
Conclusion......Page 86
4 The EU as a Regional Power: Extended Governance and Historical Responsibility......Page 91
The founding myth as a source of the EU’s regional responsibility......Page 93
Governance approach to the EU’s regional role......Page 95
Enlargement: effective governance over ‘pre-ins’......Page 97
Neighbourhood policy as governance over ‘semi-outs’......Page 102
By way of conclusion......Page 106
5 The EU, Russia and the Problem of Community......Page 113
The ‘problem of community’ in Europe–Russia relations......Page 116
The strategic partnership level......Page 118
The regional cooperation level of the Northern Dimension......Page 122
A shared EU–Russian responsibility within the Western NIS/CIS?......Page 124
Conclusion......Page 127
6 Assigning Duties in the Global System of Human Rights: The Role of the European Union......Page 134
The normative sources of EU responsibility......Page 136
Why do states comply with international norms?......Page 138
The EU: developing the capacity to promote human rights......Page 139
More does not always mean better......Page 142
Towards a system of shared responsibility......Page 145
Conclusion......Page 148
7 A ‘Responsible EU’, Multinational Migration Control and the Case of ASEM......Page 155
Three analytical perspectives......Page 156
A vertical migration regime......Page 160
Migration control within ASEM: the danger of inter-regionalism......Page 163
Conclusions......Page 168
8 Coping with Historical Responsibility: Trends and Images of the EU’s Development Policy......Page 174
Trends......Page 176
Images......Page 185
Concluding remarks......Page 191
9 The European Union – A Responsible Trading Partner?......Page 196
Taking a global view: the EU’s responsibilities to the world at large......Page 198
Case studies......Page 200
Conclusion......Page 210
10 Citizens’ Perceptions of the EU as a Global Actor......Page 216
Public support for a common foreign policy......Page 219
Attitudes to the United States......Page 223
The EU and the borders of Europe......Page 227
The EU and globalisation......Page 231
Concluding remarks......Page 233
Conclusion: The Global Responsibility of the European Union: From Principles to Policy......Page 240
Principles and arguments......Page 241
A list of priorities for the EU as a responsible global actor......Page 247
A responsible Europe?......Page 250
C......Page 251
E......Page 252
L......Page 253
S......Page 254
Z......Page 255