»the author gives an exceptionally rich and nuanced account of the two parties' evolving stances on the process of establishing the EU as an international foreign and security policy actor in its own right.«
Kai Oppermann, German Politics 17/08


»Eine äußerst hilfreiche und dicht belegte Darstellung und Untersuchung.«
Werner Bührer, H-Soz-u-Kult Juni 2007