This volume explores the involvement of the European Union in the exercise of core state powers such as foreign and defense policy, public finance, public admin

The EU's growing dependence on natural gas and Russian resources, energy security has become a hot discussion topic in academia and in policy circles in Brussel

This book closes an important gap in the literature and offers a fresh perspective on EU energy studies, and it will be an important contribution to the debate

For many observers, the European Union is mired in a deep crisis. Between sluggish growth; political turmoil following a decade of austerity politics; Brexit; a

Focusing exclusively on the functional rather than the territorial level, this book reveals that the reshaping of the state in western Europe involves different