The European Union – A Global Actor?

Is the European Union a unified actor in world politics? The world's leading economic power is still struggling to find its role in shaping and maintaining global peace, free trade and commerce. How successful is the EU´s Common Foreign and Security Policy and its institutions really? Prof. Dr. Sven Bernhard Gareis, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch- Partenkirchen, Germany Dr. Gunther Hauser, National Defense Academy, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Franz Kernic, University of Innsbruck, Austria