Title Continent by default : the European Union and the demise of regional order / Anne Marie Le Gloannec

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction : geopolitics without power politics -- From a strategy by default to a grand strategy? : in the beginning was enlargement -- The limits of enlargement : the end of certainties -- Peace, war, and confetti : an elusive security policy -- Boundaries and borderlands : from inside out? -- A crisis in the making? : the refugee crisis -- Competitive decadence? : Russia and the EU -- Conclusion : the waning geography of influence Summary "In Continent by Default, Anne Marie Le Gloannec considers the European Union as a geopolitical project. This book offers a comprehensive narrative of how the European Union came to organize the continent, first by default through enlargement and in a more proactive, innovative, but not always successful way. The EU was not conceived as a foreign-policy actor, she says, and the Union was an innocent on questions of geopolitics. For readers who may wonder how the EU arrived at Brexit, the invasion of Ukraine, and the refugee crisis, Le Gloannec ties events to the EU's long-term failure to think in politically strategic terms. Le Gloannec takes readers through the process by which, under the security umbrella of the United States, the European Commission engineered a new way for states and societies to interact. Continent by Default shows the Commission domesticated international relations and promoted peace by including new members--enlargement was the most significant tool the EU used from its inception to organize the continent, but the EU also tied itself to its regional neighbors through various programs that too often gave those neighbors the advantage. As Continent by Default makes clear, the EU cannot devise strategy because foreign policy remains the privilege of national governments. It is a geopolitical actor without geopolitical means"--Publisher's Web site Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject European Union. SUBJECT European Union fast Subject European cooperation. LAW -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International) Diplomatic relations European cooperation SUBJECT Europe -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045680 Subject Europe Form Electronic book LC no. 2017042208 ISBN 9781501716683 1501716689 9781501716676 1501716670 1501716662 9781501716669

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