The European Union and 2nd pillar integration : the common foreign and security policy / Meltem Muftuler-Bac -- The European security and defence policy : capabilities and institutions / Gulnur Aybet -- The EU as an international actor : "civilian", "normative" or "military" power? / Yannis A....

The EU has long viewed economic and institutional convergence as important goals, but the results thus far have been decidedly mixed, and there remain several open questions: How exactly should convergence be defined? How much convergence is necessary? What steps can be taken to improve...