Multilateralism in the 21st Century

Caroline Bouchard's research focuses on the EU at the United Nations and international human rights negotiations. She has held Research and Teaching Fellowships at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and has worked for the Council of Europe and the International Development Research Centre, Canada.

This volume focuses on multilateralism in the 21st century and examines how, and how effectively, the EU delivers on its commitment to effective multilateralism.

1. Introduction: Multilateralism in the 21st Century Caroline Bouchard, John Peterson and Nathalie Tocci Part I: Mapping Modes of Multilateralism 2. Making Multilateralism Effective: Modernising Global Governance Caroline Bouchard and John Peterson 3. The Evolving `Doctrine¿ of Multilateralism in the 21st century Geoffrey Edwards, Christopher Hill, Elena Lazarou, and Julie Smith 4. Effective or Defective? Europe¿s Experience of Multilateralism Christopher Hill and John Peterson Part II: Multilateralism in EU Policies 5. Assessing EU Multilateral Action: Trade and Foreign and Security Policy Within a Legal and Living Framework Nadia Klein, Tobias Kunstein and Wulf Reiners 6. Market Power Europe: Externalisation and Multilateralism Chad Damro Part III - Multilateralism in Practice: Key Regions and Partners 7. The Energy and Migration Dimensions of the EU¿s cooperation with the Mediterranean Nur Abdelkhaliq and Silvia Colombo 8. Multilateral as Envisaged? Assessing European Union¿s Engagement in Conflict Resolution in the Neighbourhood Tomáš Weiss, Nona Mikhelidze and Ivo Šlosar¿ík 9. The European Union Development Strategy in Africa: The Economic Partnership Agreement as a Case of `Aggressive¿ Multilateralism? Lorenzo Fioramonti 10. The EU¿s Engagement with China in Climate Governance Bo Yan, Giulia C. Romano and Chen Zhimin Part IV: The European Union in Multilateral Fora 11. The European Union and the Reform of the United Nations: Towards a more effective Security Council Nicoletta Pirozzi with Hubertus Jürgenliemk and Yolanda Spies 12. The EU and the Middle East Quartet: A Case of (In)effective Multilateralism Nathalie Tocci 13. All Together Now? The European Union¿s Contribution to Fiscal Multilateralism in the G20 Charlotte Rommerskirchen 14. Conclusion: The EU and Effective Multilateralism Caroline Bouchard, Nadia Klein, John Peterson and Wulf Reiners