The elusive quest for European security : from EDC to CFSP / Simon Duke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duke, Simon.

Series:

St. Antony's series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Europe.

National security.

Europe.

Europe--Defenses.

Defenses.

European cooperation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, 2000.

Summary:

Duke, an associate professor at the European Institute of Public Administration in The Netherlands, provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defense role in the European integration process. Consideration is given to why these aspects of the integration process have been so elusive and what progress has been made. Assessment includes topics such as the enlargement of NATO, the Amsterdam Treaty, and the role of the revived Western European Union, as well as Britain's bid for European leadership in defense, and attitudes of administrators in Washington.

Contents:

Making Sense of Europe, Defence and Security Europeanising Security? 3

Putting EPC/CFSP into the Academic Context 8

1 The European Defence Community - Precursor to the CFSP? 12

Intellectual Origins 12

The Pleven and Spofford Plans 18

The Demise of the EDC 29

The Aftermath - Thoughts in the Bath 36

The London and Paris Conferences 37

2 The Rebirth of European Security 42

From the Fouchet Plan to European Political Co-operation 42

The Special Relationship and European Defence 49

The Fields of Elysee 51

De Gaulle's Three Impediments 53

The WEU's Decline and the Eurogroup's Rise 55

European Political Co-operation - the Hague Summit 56

The Copenhagen Report to Tindemans: the Decline of EPC 58

From London to the Single European Act 62

The Single European Act and Title III 67

The Reawakening 72

Not a Meeting of Minds - Towards the 1991 IGC 78

3 From Political Community to Uncommon Security 82

The Gulf War and Political Union 82

The Luxembourg and Dutch Models and the IGC 85

The Voice from across the Atlantic 92

Title V of the Treaty on European Union - the CFSP 98

The Role of the Western European Union 107

Common Interests and Joint Action 112

Progress towards the CFSP? 115

Maastricht, the WEU and the New World Order 117

An Interim Assessment of the CFSP 124

4 Expanding Europe, Decreasing Security 126

Less than Common - the 1996 IGC 126

The 1996 IGC and the Consolidated Treaty on European Union (CTEU) 130

Redefinition of Security and Defence Responsibilities 133

Institutional Modifications 134

Voting Procedures: Unanimity versus QMV 137

Relations with the WEU and Other International Organisations 139

Budgetary Questions 143

Implications of the Amsterdam Treaty 144

EU Expansion and its Security Implications: Agenda 2000 147

The Distinct Process - NATO Expansion 150

The Special Role of Russia and the Ukraine 154

Paying for Enlargement 156

Public Opinion and European Security 165

5 Transatlantic Relations and European Security 175

Leadership and Post-Cold War European Security 175

Primus inte Pares 177

Westward Ho? 181

New Wine in Old Bottles 186

The Beginning of the Compromise - Brussels 189

The Compromise Complete - Berlin 194

The CJTF Concept - Ensuring US Hegemony? 195

6 Transatlantic and 'Euro' Options - Case Study Yugoslavia 201

Germany's Recognition - Leadership or Breaking Ranks? 204

The London Peace Process and the Vance-Owen Peace Plan 207

The WEU and Bosnia 213

NATO and Bosnia 219

Lessons from Bosnia for European Security 221

Postscript: Albania and Kosovo ... Typical Crisis of the Post-Cold War 223

Kosovo: On the Brink? 224

Lessons from the Testing Ground 234

7 Progress Towards Defining a Common European Security and Defence Policy: Illusion or Practice? 239

Relations Between the European Security Bodies 239

Military Effectiveness 242

The Eurocorps 248

Logistics and Intelligence: Getting There and Knowing What's There 251

Finance 259

Manufacturing Security - a Two-Way Street? 261

The Geography of Post-Cold War Security: The 'Ins' and 'Outs' 272

Renationalising Militaries v Euro Options 286

Scenarios for the Future 302

Multispeed Security 305

More of the Same? 306

Britain's Fourth Pillar 307

St Malo: a glimpse down the road 313

Deja vu? 315

Appendix 1 The Brussels Treaty 317

Appendix 2 The North Atlantic Treaty 320

Appendix 3 Modified Brussels Treaty 323

Appendix 4 Title III Single European Act 327

Appendix 5 WEU Petersberg Declaration 330

Appendix 6 Treaty on European Union 332

Appendix 7 Consolidated Version of the TEU 337

Appendix 8 Madrid Declaration 344

Appendix 9 Historical Highlights of Attempts to Create a European Common Foreign and Security Policy 353

Appendix 10 Franco-British Summit - Joint Declaration on European Defence 354.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-395) and index.

ISBN:

0312224028

OCLC:

187479542