EU`s foreign policy what kind of power and diplomatic action?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The EU and the evolving shift of power in global governance / Andrew Gamble -- The EU: a civilian power's diplomatic action after the Lisbon treaty: bridging internal complexity and international convergence / Mario Telò -- The Lisbon treaty, csdp and the EU as a security actor / Jolyon Howorth -- The European external action service: can a new institution improve the coherence of the EU foreign policy? / Christian Lequesne -- The EEAS and EU executive actors within the foreign policy-cycle / Caterina Carta -- The challenge of coherence and consistency in EU foreign policy / Hartmut Mayer -- The European neighbourhood policy and the challenge of the Mediterranean southern rim / Richard Gillespie -- Inter-regionalism as a coherent and intelligible instrument in the EU foreign policy toolbox: a comparative assessment / Frederik Ponjaert -- The EU strategic partnerships: process and purposes / Giovanni Grevi -- The efficacy of post-Lisbon treaty EU's external actions and China-EU strategic partnership / Zhimin Chen -- The efficiency of EU external action and the institutional evolution of EU-Japan political relations / Hidetoshi Nakamura -- The efficiency of the EU external action and the EU-India relationship / Salma Ummu Bava.