The EU as a Global Digital Actor

The book not only offers an excellent historical reconstruction of the legal and political context that led to the adoption of these key pieces of regulation, but also provides a fine analytical lens to study their effects within the European Union and beyond … It is a great contribution to comparative law. * Irish Jurist * [The EU as a Global Digital Actor] is successful in defining and demonstrating a full picture of the EU as an institutionalist global protagonist in critical digital domains …The author’s deep knowledge of EU digital regulation is an asset for the reader, who can find in the book not only a detailed and critical analysis of major EU regulatory trends and policies, but also the bigger picture comprising the regulatory design and its externalities and variants, in the global field. The book is a concise and thoughtful analysis of the EU’s action and policy in global digital regulation. -- Tatiana Eleni Synodinou * Common Market Law Review * The EU as a Global Digital Actor succeeds in offering readers a thorough perspective on how institutionalisation plays a pivotal role in defining governance structures and international interactions on a global scale … Fahey has effectively formulated a strong and persuasive argument that underscores the crucial importance of institutionalisation in shaping the EU’s position on digital trade and data flows. Institutionalisation has emerged as an indispensable catalyst in shaping the EU’s global positioning. It provides a lens through which to understand the evolution of European policies in the process and also sheds light on the EU’s aspiration to be perceived in a specific way in the field of international relations. -- Silvia Talavera Lodos * European Law Review *