The changing politics of European security : Europe alone? / edited by Stefan Gänzle and Allen G. Sens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gänzle, Stefan, 1970-

Sens, Allen Gregory, 1964-

Series:

Palgrave studies in European Union politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Europe.

National security.

Europe.

Europe--Politics and government--1945-.

Politics and government.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Europe--Foreign relations--United States.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Europe.

Physical Description:

xv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

What will be the future of security cooperation in Europe after the Bush administration? Is the famous rift between 'Old Europe' and America too great to repair? Is the European Union ready to assume a more prominent place on the world stage? This book explores the key security challenges confronting Europe, from relations with the United States and Russia to the use of military force and the struggle against terrorism. In the future, European states will increasingly act alone, independent of America, on security matters. In doing so, they will prefer to operate through the institutional machinery of the EU, which is ascendant as an instrument of security coordination in Europe. NATO, the institutional vehicle of a troubled transatlantic relationship, is in decline. Europe is likely to act not in defiance of America, but in deference to America. But it will act alone, when circumstances favour such a choice.

Contents:

1 The Changing Politics of European Security / Allen G. Sens 1

Part I Changing Security Perceptions in Europe and North America

2 Internal and External Security in the EU: Is There Any Longer a Distinction? / Malcolm Anderson 31

3 Security Perspectives in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: 'Easternization' and 'Europeanization' / Lenard J. Cohen 47

4 Transatlantic Differences on Security Perceptions and Responses / Fraser Cameron 67

Part II Ready to go Alone? Unfolding the EU's Security and Defence Policy

5 Common Security and Defence Policy in the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe / Milagros Alvarez 87

6 The European Neighbourhood Policy: a Strategy for Security in Europe? / Stefan Ganzle 110

7 Russia and the ESDP: Partnership Strategy versus Strategic Partnership / Dmitry Danilov 135

Part III European Security and the Transatlantic Relationship

8 From an Alliance of Commitment to an Alliance of Choice: the Adaptation of NATO in a Time of Uncertainty / Helga Haftendorn 161

9 The Challenges and Limits of NATO-ESDP Synergy / Alexander Moens 180

10 Strategic Partners, Different Strategies: the United States and Canada in the Transatlantic Security Community / Frederic Merand 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-236) and index.

ISBN:

0230019943

9780230019942

OCLC:

72161953

Online:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description