In February 2022 the EU was confronted with the acute security threat, flouting of international law and resultant humanitarian crisis at its borders provoked by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. The EU launched a massive 'geoeconomic' response in the shape of several packages of...

When policy-makers opt for sanctions or other economic power instruments in response to geostrategic challenges, the stage is set for geoeconomic diplomacy. Challenging traditional conceptions about the interplay between governments and markets, this book sheds a new light on the diplomatic...