Changing World Order : India, EU and US--A Trialogue

Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. EU-Democratic experiments and experiences: 1. United States, India and France: Three different political regimes for one common conception of democracy/Robert Etien. 2. European Union in the 21 century world: a successful example of regional organization/Pierre-Yves Monjal. 3. Policy of access to European Union documents: the end of opacity/Claudine Moutardier. 4. It\'s fun to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Charles Reiplinger. 5. The European Union in Poland/Hugo-Bernard Pouillaude. 6. Implementation of EU Policies: remarks on the exercise of economic competences by the Union/Pierre-Yves Monjal. II. Institutional and constitutional questions: 7. The referendum on the Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe: the constitutionalisation of Europe despite the "Non" to a Treaty/Julien Sterck. 8. The European Union and its issue with democracy: a closer look at the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty/Patrick B. Griffin. III. External relations: 9. European common foreign and security policy: In perception and in action/B. Krishnamurthy. 10. A brave new world: German--American relations in the 21 century/Scott Erb. IV. Post-colonial approach: 11. The construction of the Union of India and the European Union: a comparative perspective/Geetha Ganapathy-Dore. 12. Comparison of Indian Muslims and Muslims living in the European Union Countries/Shazia Aziz-Wulbers. 13. Is the Union for the Mediterranean a postcolonial political contract?/Geetha Ganapathy-Dore. V. Human rights: 14. Thou Shouldst be living at this Hour! Milton as a Champion of human rights/P. Marudanayagam. 15. Redefining the European balance between sovereignty and human rights in Kosovo/Iver B. Neumann. VI. Epilogue: 16. India, EU and US: A Trialogue/B. Krishnamurthy. Contributors. Index. 

"Moving beyond the antimonies of empire and decolonization, superpowers and Cold War, uni- and multi-polar worlds, mature and emerging nations, the study of international relations today consists in finding a new paradigm for 21 century world order. Not ignoring the clash of civilizations and the specter of a morphed Anglophone Empire haunting the field after what has been described the \'End of History\', the essays presented in this volume and written by scholars working in Indian and European universities in an inter and multi-disciplinary perspective offer a picture of the strategic realignments and the reconfiguration of power actually taking place under the combined pressure of the economic, financial, cultural and technological forces of globalization, international terrorism, and climate change. They underscore the necessity for a trialogue among India, EU and US to ensure democratic regimes and the hope for peace, however fragile and provisional it may be." (jacket)