"This book examines the values and principles that inform EU Foreign Policy, conveying an understanding of the EU as an international actor. This volume explores the implications of these values and principles on the process of the construction of the European Union identity"--Provided by publisher.

1. Introduction: Values, Principles, Identity and European Union Foreign Policy 2. The Constitutive Nature of Values, Images and Principles in the European Union 3. Theoretical Perspectives on the Role of Values, Images and Principles in Foreign Policy 4. Values, Science and the European Union in a Global Order 5. Environmental Values and Climate Change: Contrasting the EU with the USA 6. The European Union and Gender Protection 7. Principles of Democracy and Human Rights: A Review of the European Union's Strategies Towards its Neighbours 8. European Union Human Rights and Democracy in Relations with Russia and China 9. The Use of Force as Coercive Intervention: the Conflicting Values of the EU's External Action 10. Values in European Union Development Cooperation Policy 11. European Union Regulatory Capitalism and Multilateral Trade Negotiations 12. Conclusion: Valuing Principles in European Union Foreign Policy