This ground-breaking volume provides a new perspective on the EU's foreign policy and offers a reconstruction of EU research that extends beyond narrow-minded concepts of 'power' and 'actorness'. Focusing on two intertwined research questions, it presents a more sustainable base for studying EU foreign policy:

1. What is the EU's foreign policy quality in terms of 'actorness' and 'power' compared to other types of actors in international relations and global politics?
2. What factors influence the EU's foreign policy performance in comparison to states and international organizations?

This guiding principle and application of a 'grounded theory' or 'heuristic case study' approach allows the book to deliver a structured comparative analysis of EU foreign policy, comparing findings across policy fields, different legal foundations and respective policy modes of governance.

Introduction: The European Union's Foreign Policy 'Actorness and Power': Foundations of and Challenges for a Comparative Research Design Ingo Peters Part 1 Foreign Economic Policy 2 IMF Reform Negotiations in the G20: Comparing Actorness and Power in the Foreign Financial Policies of the EU, the US and ASEAN Steffen Murau and Kilian Spandler 3 The EU in Global Chemicals Governance Katja Biedenkopf 4 The External Reach of the EU Regulatory State: Norway, Russia and the Security of Natural Gas Supplies Nick Sitter and Svein S. Andersen Part 2 Common Foreign and Security Policy/ Peace- and State-building 5 The European Union and the Balkan Wars:
Zivilmacht Europa and the "Problem from Hell" Adrian G. V. Hyde-Price 6 EU Performance As A Regional Security Actor: Comparing ENP South to NATO's MENA Policy Pernille Rieker 7 The EU and the US Reactions to the Arab Spring 2011: (New) Response to a Changing Middle East and North Africa Assem Dandashly Part 3 Crisis Management, Missions and Operations 8 State-Building and Police Reform in Afghanistan:EU and US Engagement in Comparative Perspective Dinoj Kumar Upadhyay and Maria Pawelec 9 The European Union's Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective: The EU and the US in the Sahel Ronja Kempin, Ronja Scheler, and Stefan Steinicke 10 Building a Comprehensive Approach "Bottom Up": A Systematic Comparison of the EU's, the US' and NATO's Strategies for Providing Security to the Horn of Africa Bjørn Olav Knutsen and Eirik Dønjar 11 The European Union, the United Nations and the United States Missions and Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Comparative Perspective Ingo Peters and Madina Diallo Conclusions: Actorness and Power of the European Union in Comparative Perspective Ingo Peters

Ingo Peters is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin and Executive Director of the Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy, Germany.