The EU has developed various strategies towards Africa and the Asian regions and this book provides both conceptual and empirical arguments to offer an innovative perspective on the EU as a global actor.

Part 1: General Framework 1. The EU's Promotion of Regional Integration: Norms, Actorness, and Geo-economic Realities Mary Farrell 2. EU Threat Perceptions and Governance Emil J. Kirchner and Maximilian B. Rasch 3. The European International Identity Considered from Outside. European, African and Asian Interaction Valeria Bello Part 2: Africa 3. African Regional Integration and the Role of the European Union Ludger Kühnhardt 4. European Military Intervention in Congo Belachew Gebrewold 5. Migration Policy of the European Union with Special Focus on Africa Heinrich Neisser 6. EU-African Economic Relations: Continuing Dominance, Traded for Aid? Dirk Kohnert 7. The European Union and its Africa Strategy. Case Study Ethiopia Stefan Brüne Part 3: Asia 8. Regional Integration: Comparing European and Asia Pacific Perspectives and Experiences Philomena Murray 9. European Energy Security: The Caspian Basin and Central Asia Martin Malek 10. The EU Role in the Fight Against Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East Paolo Foradori 11. India and the EU: Two Unions. Parallels and Differences Anton Pelinka 12. China's Policy on Global Order and the Strategic Partnership between the EU and China Liselotte Odgaard 13. The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Michael Schulz Conclusion: From a Global Security Triangle to a Normative International Society? Valeria Bello and Belachew Gebrewold