European Union, Global Governance, World Order

Europe : A Civilian Power ?

‘Mario Telo has produced a visionary and wide-ranging analysis of how a European Union foreign policy, consistent with European social practices and values, could contribute to the revival of a transatlantic partnership, a new multilateralism, and the solution of pressing global problems. There could be no better introduction to progressive European thinking than Europe: A Civilian Power?’ – Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA


What is the international role and identity of the European Union following the Cold War, September 11th and the transatlantic rift? Is the second global actor challenging trend towards a pax americanan? Europe: A Civilian Power? Provides and original account of the features and the external relations of the EU as a civilian power in the making. It addresses the key questions on the new security and democracy stabilizer on a continental scale, but also as an actor which shares responsibility for global governance and world order. The author provides a comparative analysis of regional cooperation in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America and focuses on the inter-regional relations with the EU. He highlights the international critical review of the concepts of civilian power, soft power, civilizing power, multilateralism, multipolarism, international fragmentation, empire, hegemonic stability and global legitimacy. Analysis of the best literature on international relations and European integration is completed by the author’s practical experience as an advisor to the EU institutions and a lecturer in Asia and Americas.


Mario Telo is Jean Monnet Honorary Chair of International relations and European political integration at the Brussels Free University (ULB) where he is also President of the Institute for European studies (IEE). He has taught in various Italian, German, Scandinavian, American and Asian universities and published extensively on the study of the European Union, including EU, New Regionalism and Global Governance (2001). He served as Advisor to European Council, European Parliament and European Commission.

  • ISBN: 0-230-51798-6
  • Publisher: Palgrave
  • Author: Mario Telo
  • Language: English
  • Type: Paperback 215mm x 140mm

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