The Global Europe project aims to develop realistic recommendations on how the EU can become an effective liberal force in world politics. In spite of recent progress on Iran and the Convention's proposal for an EU 'foreign minister', co-ordinated European interventions in international affairs typically remain more declaratory than effective…

Global Europe will focus on the strategic, economic and political capacities available to the EU member-states and the policies required to enhance their efficacy. The project will concentrate on four areas of special concern: pre-emptive engagement; effective multilateralism; handling failing states and confronting WMD. Outputs will include high-level seminars and conferences in EU centres, fact-finding work and a series of publications.

In the summer of 2004, the Belgian think-tank IRRI-KIIB invited The Foreign Policy Centre, British Council and New Defence Agenda to collaborate on an Audit of European Strategy. Following a seminar in Brussels, IRRI-KIIB have brought together a collection of essays opened by Dr Christoph Heusgen, Director of the European Council's Policy Unit. Other contributors include Richard Gowan (FPC), Jean-Yves Haine (ISS-EU), Sven Biscop (IRRI-KIIB) and Major-General Kees Homan (the Clingendael Institute).

Contact: Sarah Schaefer aarah.schaefer@fpc.org.uk

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