Download or read book The EU's Role in World Politics written by Richard Youngs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that in a range of policy areas - trade, multilateral diplomacy, security, development cooperation, democracy and human rights, energy security – the EU appears to be in retreat from liberal internationalism.