The International Relations of the EU

Marsh (European Union studies, Cardiff U.) and Mackenstein (international business, Aachen U. of Applied Sciences) offer a contemporary understanding of the EU's international relations through a combined international political economy and international relations approach. Coverage includes the historical evolution of the EU's international relations; an overview of the EU's post-Cold War external relations; post-Cold War EU-U.S. security and economic relationships; the EU's security and economic relationships with its European and Mediterranean neighbors; the EU's security vision within a global context; the EU as a global economic actor; and a concluding assessment of the EU's strengths and weaknesses in its external relations. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Steve Marsh is the Director of European Union Studies at Cardiff University and also lectures across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the European Union. He has co-authored an undergraduate textbook on post-war American foreign policy for Routledge as part of their Making of the Contemporary World series and is to be published in September 2000.

Hans Mackenstein
is Professor of International Business at the Fachhochschule Aachen in Germany.