A study of illiberal practices of liberal regimes in the field of security. The work explores the relationship between the internal and external effects of these practices in an increasingly interconnected world order, as well as the effects in relation to the place of the EU in world politics.

1: The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security; I: Liberty Challenges to the Constitution of Authority; 2: The Changing Dynamics of Security in an Enlarged European Union; 3: Mapping the European Field of Security Professionals; 4: Assuming Responsibility in the Changing Dynamics of Security? The European Security Strategy and the EU as a Security Actor beyond its Borders; 5: The Security Dimension of EU Policies between Legal Provisions and Living Practice: The European Council as the Key; 6: European Governance and the Interplay between Liberty and Security; 7: Transparency and Accountability: From Structuro-Procedural Transparency and Institutional Accountability to Communicating (In)Security in Digi-Space; II: Liberty Challenges to Borders; 8: The Legal Competence With Regard to External Borders: Examining Coherence; 9: Liberty, Security and Enlargement; 10: Gateways to Europe: Checkpoints on the EU External Land Border; 11: The Constitutional Price of Visa Free Travel: The Experiences of Bulgaria and Romania; 12: Effects of Exceptionalism on Social Cohesion in Europe and Beyond; 13: Exceptionalism and its Impact on the Euro-Mediterranean Area; 14: Securitization, Liberty and Law: The EU's 21st Century; III: Theoretical Perspectives on Challenges to Liberty; 15: Violence and Exceptionalism in Contemporary Politics: War, Liberty, Security; 16: The Value of Security; 17: Delivering Liberty and Security? The Reframing of Freedom when Associated with Security

Didier Bigo, Sciences-Po, France, Sergio Carrera, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium, Elspeth Guild, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands and R.B.J. Walker, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium