This edited Working Paper addresses three fundamental questions concerning EU External Action after the Lisbon Treaty: the institutional position and allegiance of the newly-established European External Action Service, the future of the ‘left out’ Directorate-General for Trade and the...

This edited Working Paper addresses three fundamental questions concerning EU External Action after the Lisbon Treaty: the institutional position and allegiance of the newly-established European External Action Service, the future of the ‘left out’ Directorate-General for Trade and the...

In this paper, we compare the EU’s and China’s anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. For the EU, this is the first time it conducts a naval operation in the framework of its Common Security and Defence Policy. For China, it is the first time in half a century that it ventures into...

This paper explores international criminal law as a way to curtail the currently largely unfettered power of multinational corporations. With yearly turnovers that sometimes exceed the gross national product of states and corresponding political influence, such corporations not only...

This chapter discusses the European Union's Trade Policy as one of the main connectors of the Union with the outside world, with the ensuing legal and policy ramifications going well beyond trade stricto sensu. Now that the dust of the EU's reform process has begun to settle after entry into...

"ASEAN is coming of age as an international actor and international treaty-maker. To date, more than 200 external agreements and other instruments have been concluded in the name of ASEAN. This book provides the first systematic account of the legal framework governing ASEAN's burgeoning...