In an era of globalisation, the present volume constitutes a comprehensive overview of some of the most prominent themes and challenges that policy-makers are addressing in contemporary Europe, dominated by a European Union of 27 Member States. A connection is made between the Europe order and the integration process on the one side, and issues and challenges that are present in a globalised world, on the other. Ten themes are addressed illustrating the complexity of and the interrelation that exist between global and European affairs in our contemporary world: integration, enlargement, regional policy, international security, power relations, immigration, terrorism, regime change, self-determination and nation-state building, and humanitarian intervention.
The contributors to this volume are researcher at Växjö University (Sweden), the University of Liverpool (England), the University of ?ód? (Poland), the University of Leicester (England), the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), the University of Wales (Wales), the University of Glamorgan (Wales), Prishtina University (Kosovo) and the University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia).