Abstract
In an era of globalisation, the present volume constitutes a comprehensive overview of some of the most prominent themes and challenges that policy-makers are addressing in contemporary Europe , dominated by a European Union of 27 Member States. A connection is made between the Europe order and the integration process on the one side, and issues and challenges that are present in a globalised world, on the other. Ten themes are addressed illustrating the complexity of and the interrelation that exist between global and European affairs in our contemporary world: integration, enlargement, regional policy, international security, power relations, immigration, terrorism, regime change, self-determination and nation-state building, and humanitarian intervention. The contributors to this volume are researcher at Växjö University ( Sweden ), the University of Liverpool ( England ), the University of Åódź ( Poland ), the University of Leicester ( England ), the University of Copenhagen ( Denmark ), the University of Wales ( Wales ), the University of Glamorgan ( Wales ), Prishtina University (Kosovo) and the University of the Sunshine Coast ( Australia ). [Book Abstract]