Contents: Part I: Developments in the interaction between the EU and other international institutions 1. The European Union's engagement with other international institutions emerging questions of EU and international law / Ramses A. Wessel and Jed Odermatt -- 2. The European Union in the law of international organizations: Misfit or model? / Jan Klabbers -- 3. The changing international cooperation network of the EU: The inclusion of informal (regulatory) bodies / Jan Wouters and Alex Andrione-Moylan -- Part II: The EU and the United Nations system 4. UN general assembly, UN security council, and UN human rights council: the EU in state-centred multilateral frameworks / Esa Paasivirta and Thomas Ramopoulos -- 5. Food and agricultural organisation (FAO) and Codex Alimentarius Commission: The impact of the right to food and food standards on EU food law / Bernd van der Meulen and Bart Wernaart -- 6. International labour organisation (ILO): A dynamic and result-oriented cooperation with the EU and its member states / Rudi Delarue and Evelyne Pichot -- 7. World health organization (WHO) and other global health bodies: The EU voice in a fragmented global health landscape / Thea Emmerling -- 8. United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) the EU's transition from observer to full participant on an ad hoc basis / Graham Butler -- 9. United Nations development programme (UNDP) and UN conference on trade and development (UNCTAD): Towards coordinated action by the EU in global development policy? / Johanna Jacobsson -- 10. UN environment programme (UN environment) and UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC): EU action between legal competences and political power / Ries Kamphof -- 11. United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) and international organization for migration (IOM): The EU engagement in international migration policies / Julinda Beqiraj, Jean-Pierre Gauci and Anna Khalfaoui -- 12. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): The development of the position of the EU in international aviation / Mathieu Vaugeois -- 13. International atomic energy agency (IAEA): The EU's role in international nuclear energy policy / Anna Södersten -- Part II: The EU and economic bodies 14. World Trade Organization (WTO): the EU's influential role in global trade policy / Tamara Perišin -- 15. World intellectual property organisation (WIPO): The growing presence of the EU in formulating international intellectual property law / Frits E Bontekoe and Max Wallot -- 16. World Bank Group (IBRD), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): The EU's participation in the global financial world / Emanuel Castellarin -- 17. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): The EU's position as a de facto member / Foivi Vlastou-Dimopoulou -- 18. G7, G8 and G20 and global summits: Shortcomings and solutions in informal international governance / Fabian Amtenbrink and René Repasi -- 19. Financial Stability Board (FSB), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and financial market regulation bodies: ECB and commission participation alongside the member states / Shawn Donnelly -- 20. Institutional and normative co-operation in private law: Beyond the hague conference towards standard setting organizations / Lucila de Almeida, Marta Cantero Gamito and Hans-W. Micklitz -- Part III: The EU and non-economic bodies -- 21. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Reinforcing EU-NATO cooperation - walking the talk? / Steven Blockmans, Samet Coban, Hasan Suzen and Fatih Yilmaz -- 22. Regional fisheries management organisations: Defining the EU and member state roles / Paul Heckler -- 23. Agriculture: The EU in the OIV and other international agricultural commodity bodies / Thomas Ramopoulos -- 24. Law of the sea framework: Is EU engagement a sine qua non for influence? / Claudia Cinelli -- 25. Judicial co-operation in criminal matters: Between EU internal competences and global actorness / Claudio Matera -- Part IV: The EU and other regional cooperation frameworks 26. Council of Europe: Co-operation in the field of human rights, democracy and the rule of law / Rick Lawson -- 27. European Economic Area (EEA) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA): A successful partnership with the EU / Luísa Lourenço -- 28. The EU and its neighbourhood: A patchwork of regional strategies and institutions from the mediterranean to the arctic / Erwan Lannon and Peter Van Elsuwege -- 29. The EU's engagement with the Asia Pacific: An ambivalent relationship / Chien-Huei Wu -- 30. The EU's engagement with Africa: The joint Africa-EU strategy as a turning point / Anna-Luise Chané and Magnus Killander -- 31. The EU's engagement with Latin America: The changing nature of EU-Latin America interregional relations / Joren Selleslaghs -- Part V: Assessing EU interaction with international institutions 32. The political impact of the EU's interaction with international institutions: Towards a two-way street - both inside-out and outside-in perspectives / Knud Erik Jørgensen and Katie Laatikainen -- 33. The legal effects of the EU's interaction with other international institutions in law: 'inwards', 'outwards', and the 'in-between' / Elaine Fahey -- 34. The challenges of engaging with international institutions: The EU and multilateralism under strain / Jed Odermatt and Ramses A. Wessel -- Index.