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Urfan Khaliq. Ethical Dimensions of the Foreign Policy of the European Union. A Legal Appraisal

It is a perennial question what role law has to play in the conduct of foreign policy. Urfan Khaliq asks this question for the European Union (EU). The starting point of his analysis is the commitment of the EU to a certain set of ‘ethical values’, namely the promotion of human rights, the rule of law, and democracy. While these values are central to the identity of the EU (Article 6 of the Treaty Establishing the EU), it is open to debate whether they play an equally important role in the conduct of its foreign policy. Other studies have been devoted to this issue or have analysed the discrep…