Introduction ................................................... Zhou Hong／1
1 Evaluating European Union’s Economic Power ...........................／1
EU as an Economic Power ...................................... Wang He／1
Three Historical Development in the History of
European Integration ..................................... Wu Xian／14
Euro’s Competitiveness ................................... Tan Yaling／21
2 How is the EU Governed ................................................／29
Forming of EU’s Legal System and EU Power ............. Cheng Weidong／29
Institution and Mechanism of EU’s Operation .......... Song Quancheng／39
EU’s Governance against the Backdrop of
World Multi-Polarization ............................. Wu Zhicheng／51
3 Europe’s Self-Awareness and World View ...............................／68
EU’s Self-Awareness——European Identity ................. Ma Shengli／68
European World View at Era of Post Cold War ............... Tian Dewen／82
European “Value-Oriented Diplomacy” ...................... Liu Liqun／94
4 EU’s Military and Civilian Power .....................................／97
The Independent Defense of the EU: Actions and Trends .. Wang Xiangsui／97
Civilian Power of the EU: Ways of Influencing the World .... Zhang Jun／110
Combination of EU’s “Hard and Soft Power”
in Its Foreign Policy ................................... Jin Ling／125
5 EU in the Trends of Globalization and Regionalization .................／137
Redefining Globalization ............................. Zhang Jianxiong／137
Globalization and Multi-Polarization ....................... Wu Yikang／142
Globalization and European Integration .................... Ding Yifan／147
EU’s Role in Globalization and Multi-Polarization ... Zhang Jianxiong／155
6 China-EU Relations within the Framework of Globalization ..............／163
EU’s Strategy toward China ........................... Feng Zhongping／163
The Status Quo of Sino-EU Relations ........................ Zhao Chen／173
The Sino-EU Relations against the Backdrop of
Globalization ........................................ Li Xiaoning／179
Abstract .................................................................／185
Bibliography .............................................................／196
Contributors .............................................................／207
Zhou Hong is Professor of European Politics and Modern History, and Director of the Institute of European Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
Description:
Is the EU "economic giant, political dwarf and military dwarf" ? The European Union as the world's special "one pole”, what’s the difference between their economies? How about the governance? What kind of self-consciousness and the world the concept it has? How can they have the influence and status in the world, and how to maintain it? In today’s multipolar world pattern, where China-EU relations will go? This book not only looks back at history, but also reads the real, and collects the authoritative experts of domestic European issue papers. The author tries from the EU’s strength, global influence and status, operating rules, cultural awareness, China-Eu relations, and show the readers’ unique organism from many point of views.
