ANDREW GAMBLE is Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge, UK, and a Fellow of Queens’ College. His latest book is The Spectre at the Feast. He is joint editor of The Political Quarterly and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Introduction; A.Gamble& D.Lane * THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT * The United States and the European Union: The End of Hegemony?; A.Gamble * The EU: Divisions and Unity in European External Policies; M.Telò * Russia’s Transformation: The Rise of a World Power?; D.Lane * The Implications of the Rise of China; M.Jacques * DIVISIONS WITHIN EUROPE * Divisions between Elites; G.Lengyel * Divisions between Elites and Citizens; M.Haller * European Elites and the Middle East; R.Hollis * POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EUROPE * Varieties of Capitalism and Europeanization: National Response Strategies Revisited; G.Menz * The Primacy of Domestic Politics; O.Holman * National or European Social Models? Contesting European Welfare Futures; B.Clift * European Economic Policy: Protectionism as an Elite Strategy; V.Phuong Mai Le, P.Minford& E.Nowell * The European Union: A Player in World Energy Politics?; S.Bromley *
WHITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION? * European Elites on the European Union: What Vision for the Future?; V.Schmidt * Towards a European Identity?; M.Guibernau