Tables and figures.- Preface and acknowledgements.- Abbreviations.- Contributors.- 1. Accommodating or entrenching? How the EU is dealing with changes in the multilateral system; Oriol Costa, Robert Kissack and Esther Barbé.- 2. The irony of European responses to the contested evolution of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime; Benjamin Kienzle.- 3. An Upstream The EU and the Reform of the Energy Charter Treaty; Anna Herranz-Surrallés.- 4. The Defence of an Institution under The EU and the International Criminal Court; Gemma Collantes-Celador.- 5. EU trade policy reaction to the from accommodation to entrenchment; Patricia Garcia-Duran, Montserrat Millet and Jan Orbie.- 6. Beijing after Kyoto? The EU and the new climate in climate negotiations; Oriol Costa.- 7. Supporting practices inspired by solidarist The EU in the UNSC Open Debates on Women, Peace and Security; Esther Barbé.- 8. The Global Financial Crisis and Emerging EU accommodation and entrenchment in the IMF;