Energy transitions are at the top of global agendas in response to the growing challenges of
climate change and international conflict, with the EU positioning itself as playing a pivotal …

This paper critically examines the European Union's (EU) role in tropical deforestation and
the bloc's actions to mitigate it. We focus on two EU policy communications aimed at the …

This introductory article conceptualizes the notion of third country influence on European
Union (EU) law and policy and proposes an analytical framework theorizing the venues and …

Although sanctions targeting political regimes receive the most media attention, the EU can
also sanction states for labour rights violations through its trade policy. Although in practice …

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a form of expert knowledge that is central to migration
governance. This article analyses M&E of the EU Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), created in …

This conclusion reflects on the contributions to this volume from a post-colonial perspective.
Although the colonial origins of EU development policy and its continuing relevance are …

How do foreign policies and transnational projects become resistant to critique? This article
seeks to better understand the legitimation of policies by studying the work involved in …

That the European Union's common commercial relations with ex-colonies and more
broadly the 'tiers monde'now rest variously on benevolence, depoliticised practices, equal …

Trade policy is generally considered to be a key leverage in the pursuit of labor norms,
environmental standards, and human rights. This is even more so for the European Union …

This book systematically analyses the EU's commitment to a human rights-based approach
to development through the lens of global justice theory. It identifies limits to the EU's …