A European security architecture after the Cold War : questions of legitimacy / Gülnur Aybet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aybet, Gülnur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Europe.

National security.

Europe.

Europe--Defenses.

Defenses.

Physical Description:

xiii, 316 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

The development of a European security architecture comprising NATO, the EU, WEU, and the OSCE exemplifies the redefinition of Western values and institutions in the post-Cold War era. The precedents for legitimate intervention in upholding democracy, free markets and human rights in the post-Cold war era are examined from the perspectives of international law and Gramscian-derived concepts of legitimacy focusing on the acceptance of military power by civil society.

Contents:

1 The Legitimacy of a Western Security Community 17

1.1 A western security community 17

1.2 The concepts of hegemony, strategic culture and legitimacy 26

1.3 The preservation of the western security community regime 36

2 Redefining European Security Institutions after the Cold War: the Preliminary Stage, 1990-91 44

2.1 NATO's political reconstitution 50

2.2 A pan-European concept: the CSCE 63

2.3 The erosion of theatre nuclear forces in Europe 66

2.4 The birth of the European Union: blueprints for a Common Foreign and Security Policy 79

3 From Collective Defence to Collective Security: the Second Stage, 1991-92 89

3.1 The impact of the Gulf War 97

3.2 Opening shots in Yugoslavia: the summer of the Croatian and Slovenian wars and the mediation efforts of the EC and the CSCE 118

3.3 The EC's recognition of the breakaway Yugoslav republics: an exertion of legitimacy in the international system, and its effects on the western security community 137

3.4 The road to the CSCE Helsinki summit: creating a framework for collective security 149

4 The Legitimacy of a Collective Security System: the Third Stage 165

4.1 Blurry concepts of international law and intervention in Bosnia-Hercegovina 180

4.2 NATO and the UN in Bosnia: the end of interlocking institutions? 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-309) and index.

ISBN:

0312230575

OCLC:

59456029