EU, US and ASEAN Actorness in G20 Financial Policy‐Making: Bridging the EU Studies – New Regionalism Divide

@article{Murau2016EUUA,
  title={EU, US and ASEAN Actorness in G20 Financial Policy‐Making: Bridging the EU Studies – New Regionalism Divide},
  author={Steffen Murau and Kilian Spandler},
  journal={ERN: Europe (Development) (Topic)},
  year={2016}
}
This article compares the European Union's (EU) actorness in foreign financial policy to that of the US and ASEAN. It thus contributes to the dialogue between EU studies and the New Regionalism by putting it into practice through comparative research. It argues that a process‐oriented interpretation of the actorness concept can be used to compare the EU to both nation‐states and international organizations at the same time. This makes it possible to examine the ‘nature of the beast’ in specific… Expand
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