Rethinking European order : West European responses, 1989-97 / edited by Robin Niblett and William Wallace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niblett, Robin, 1961-

Wallace, William, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Western--Foreign relations--1989-.

Europe, Western.

Western Europe.

International relations.

Europe--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Local Subjects:

Europe--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Western--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

xiii, 298 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

The collapse of socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, between 1989 and 1991, transformed Europe's international politics. But it proved far easier to dismantle the iron curtain than to clear away the entrenched assumptions of political leaders and foreign policy advisors across Western Europe. Contributors to this volume trace the slow and often painful adjustment of national foreign policies to the unification of Germany, the hopeful demands of ex-socialist regimes to "rejoin the West," and the need to redefine NATO and the European Community.

Contents:

Rethinking European order : West European responses, 1989-97 : introduction / William Wallace

Concepts of European order after the Cold War : in with the old, out with the new / Anthony Forster and Robin Niblett

Central power, central debate? The German foreign policy community and the rethinking of European order / Hartmut Mayer

France and Europe at the end of the Cold War : resisting change / Robin Niblett

The British response : denial and confusion? / Anthony Forster and William Wallace

Coming to terms with Germany : the slow and arduous adjustment of Dutch foreign policy after 1989 / Steven Everts

An end to neutrality? Continuity and change in Swedish foreign policy / Lisbeth Aggestam

Spain and European order after the Cold War / Robin Niblett

Struggling to change : the Italian state and the new order / Christopher Hill and Filippo Andreatta

Conclusions : strategic change and incremental adjustment / William Wallace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0333915712

OCLC:

44167615