This book offers a new approach to the study of EU law of external relations.

The active paradigm of the study of the EU's place in the world: an introduction Dimitry Kochenov and Fabian Amtenbrink; Part I. The EU's Shaping of the International Legal Order: The Mechanics: 1. Europe's raison d'être Gráinne de Búrca; 2. The EU, interim global justice, and the international legal order Andrew Williams; 3. Theoretical approaches to a peculiar norm category: shaping the international order as a Union objective Joris Larik; Part II. The EU's Shaping of the International Legal Order: The Evidence: 4. EU values and the shaping of the international context Ester Herlin-Karnell; 5. Promoting the rule of law abroad: on the EU's limited contribution to the shaping of an international understanding of the rule of law Laurent Pech; 6. EU global peace diplomacy: shaping the law on statehood Steven Blockmans; 7. Shaping the WTO's institutional evolution: the EU as a strategic litigant in the WTO Tilman Krüger; 8. EU climate change policy: can the Union be just (and) green? Christina Eckes; 9. The EU's governance of external energy relations: the challenges of a 'rule-based market approach' Peter Van Elsuwege; 10. The EU's shaping of international law on energy efficiency Anatole Boute; 11. The European Union: shaping migration patterns in its neighbourhood and beyond? Laure Delcour; Part III. The European Union and the Global Financial Crisis: 12. Back in balance? The EU and the challenges of international financial regulation Christoph Ohler; 13. The EU and the Euro area in international economic governance: the case of the IMF Jan Wouters, Sven Van Kerckhoven and Thomas Ramopoulos; 14. The EU's financial transaction tax: shaping global financial governance in its own image? Bart Van Vooren; Messianism, mission, or realpolitik? Some concluding observations on the Union's role in shaping the international legal order Dimitry Kochenov and Fabian Amtenbrink.