The European Union at the United Nations

1. Introduction — The European Union at the United Nations: Leader, Partner or Failure?
Katie Verlin Laatikainen, Karen E. Smith

Part I. Background and Framework

2. EU Representation and Coordination within the United Nations
Mary Farrell

Part II. The Politics of National Interest and EU Policy Coordination in the UN

3. The European Powers in the Security Council: Differing Interests, Differing Arenas
Christopher Hill

4. Pushing Soft Power: Middle Power Diplomacy at the UN
Katie Verlin Laatikainen

5. Returned to Europe? The Central and East European Member States at the Heart of the European Union
Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués

Part III. The EU in UN Policy Arenas

6. Effective Multilateralism and Collective Security: Empowering the UN
Sven Biscop, Edith Drieskens

7. The EU in Geneva: Coordinating Policy in the Economic and Social Arrangements of the United Nations System
Paul Taylor

8. The European Union, Human Rights and the United Nations
Karen E. Smith

9. EU-UN Environmental Relations: Shared Competence and Effective Multilateralism
Chad Damro

Part IV. Conclusions

10. Intersecting Multilateralisms: The European Union and Multilateral Institutions
Knud Erik Jørgensen

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Union Politics, Political Science, International Relations, International Organization