Chapter 1 Accommodating or Entrenching? How the EU Is Dealing with Changes in the Multilateral System

Chapter 2 The Irony of History: European Responses to the Contested Evolution of the Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Regime

Chapter 3 An Upstream Battle: The EU and the Reform of the Energy Charter Treaty

Chapter 4 The Defence of an Institution Under Challenge: The EU and the International Criminal Court

Chapter 5 EU Trade Policy Reaction to the BIC: From Accommodation to Entrenchment

Chapter 6 Beijing After Kyoto? The EU and the New Climate in Climate Negotiations

Chapter 8 The Global Financial Crisis and Emerging Economies: EU Accommodation and Entrenchment in the IMF

Chapter 9 ‘Speaking Out’ About Child Labor: Normative Entrenchment in an Uncertain Regime

Chapter 10 International Structures and External Perceptions: Projecting and Receiving the EU as a Global Energy Governance Actor in the Eyes of Emerging Powers (Brazil, India, China)

Chapter 11 Conclusion and Wider Perspectives