The prospects for the self-assertion of EU-Europa are not looking good. In the era of Great-Power Competition, as proclaimed by the US, Europe has so far played only a secondary role. Beside its economic power the EU lacks the currencies of power that are important in this competition: nuclear weapons and a powerful military. To take stand as a global force the EU therefore depends on the question of sovereignty in the realm of foreign and security policy, as the authors show from different country perspectives.

Dan Krause, M.A., wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Internationale Politik der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg