The third option : the emancipation of European defense, 1989-2000 / Charles G. Cogan ; foreword by Lawrence S. Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogan, Charles.

Series:

Humanistic perspectives on international relations.

Humanistic perspectives on international relations, 1535-0363

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

European Union.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Europe--Defenses.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It was logical to expect that the European Economic and Monetary Union would lead ineluctably to an autonomous European defense; the very size of the European Union seems to demand it. The EU eventually will reach the point where its economic and demographic weight will far exceed that of the United States. Can it not be expected too that the EU will seek to make this weight felt internationally? Cogan tracks the halting creation of an independent European military structure, a third way between national armies and ATO, since the Iron Curtain's fall. With the Cold War's end and subsequent western engagements in Central and Eastern Europe, it is no longer a question of whether NATO and the EU compare; they now must relate. They have to coordinate their planning and force postures so as to avoid duplication of resources and efforts. Although NATO's integrated command structure theoretically was an anomaly with the end of the Cold War, it nevertheless turned out to be the case in Bosnia, and later Kosovo, that nothing was possible until the Americans intervened. The virtue of integrated command -- American participation and know-how -- was once again seen as crucially important, despite the increasingly anachronistic deficit of sovereignty for Western Europe in defense matters. In the long run, Europe's economic power must be balanced by its military and diplomatic might.

Contents:

Cover

THE THIRD OPTION

Contents

Series Foreword

Foreword

Preface

NOTES

Abbreviations

Introduction

THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE COMMUNITY (EDC) AND ITS AVATARS

THE FAILURE OF THE WEU EXPERIMENT

THE PERDURING OF NATO

THE DEVELOPING DEFENSE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE FRANCE-NATO PROBLEM

CHAPTER 1 From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the Change in the Nature of NATO (November 1989-July 1990)

EXPECTATIONS OF THE POST-COLD WAR

GERMAN REUNIFICATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR BRITAIN AND FRANCE

ANCHORING GERMANY TO THE WEST: THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION

TRANSFORMING EUROPE

RETHINKING A POLITICAL UNION FOR WESTERN EUROPE

RETHINKING NATO

THE FRENCH NUCLEAR DETERRENT IN THE POST-COLD WAR

THE LONDON NATO SUMMIT, JULY 1990

CHAPTER 2 From the Gulf War to the New Strategic Concept (July 1990- December 1991)

INTRODUCTION: THE FIVE NATO SUMMITS OF THE DECADE

OUTBREAK OF WAR IN THE GULF

THE DECISION TO SEND FRENCH TROOPS TO SAUDI ARABIA

FRENCH MEDIATION EFFORTS

THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE WAR

NATO'S NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT

THE REORGANIZATION OF NATO: THE MILITARY DIALOGUE

THE "OCTOBER SURPRISE" OF MITTERRAND AND KOHL

THE CREATION OF EUROPEAN DEFENSE: MAASTRICHT

CHAPTER 3 From the Bosnian War to France's Move Toward NATO (1992-December 1995)

INTRODUCTION

INSTABILITY OUTSIDE THE ALLIANCE, DISUNITY WITHIN THE ALLIANCE

THE EMERGENCE OF THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE IDENTITY

THE CREATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE

THE COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCES (CJTFs)

THE BALKAN IMBROGLIO

JACQUES CHIRAC'S RAPPROCHEMENT WITH NATO

THE INTEGRATED COMMAND

NATO ENLARGEMENT

CHAPTER 4 From the AFSOUTH Imbroglio to the Madrid Summit (1996-July 1997)

THE HIGH POINT OF THE BERLIN MINISTERIAL MEETING

THE FATE OF THE CJTFs.

THE DISPUTE OVER NATO'S SOUTHERN COMMAND (AFSOUTH)

BLOCKAGE CONFIRMED: THE MADRID NATO SUMMIT (JULY 1997)

THE NASCENT DEFENSE ROLE OF THE EU

CHAPTER 5 The Turn Toward Autonomy: St. Malo to Kosovo to Cologne (July 1997-June 1999)

THE ST. MALO DECLARATION

THE KOSOVO CAMPAIGN

BRITISH AND FRENCH "LESSONS LEARNED" FROM KOSOVO

THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, APRIL 1999

THE SUMMIT OF ALL THE DANGERS: COLOGNE (JUNE 1999)

CHAPTER 6 The European Union Becomes a Defense Organization (July 1999- December 2000)

THE RECTIFICATION AT HELSINKI (DECEMBER 1999)

THE "HEADLINE GOAL" AND THE INTERIM COMMITTEES

THE "THIRD OPTION"

INSTITUTIONALIZING THE EU-NATO RELATIONSHIP

COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE BALKANS

HELSINKI AND EU EXPANSION

THE EU SUMMIT AT NICE

THE DILEMMA OVER PLANNING

CHAPTER 7 Epilogue

ABSORPTION VS. AUTONOMY: THE EURO-AMERICAN SECURITY DILEMMA

NATO AND THE EU: THE CONTEST FOR ENLARGEMENT

THE FINALITY OF RUSSIA

THE EURO-ATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP

AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD EUROPEAN DEFENSE

THE FRENCH-GERMAN IMBALANCE AND ITS ADJUSTMENT

THE ENTENTE CORDIALE: HAS IT REALLY BECOME CORDIAL?

THE FATE OF THE INTEGRATED COMMAND

NATO AND THE EU: THE FUTURE

Appendix

Selected Bibliography

BOOKS

ARTICLES

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-166) and index.

ISBN:

9798216025573

9786610315758

9781280315756

128031575X

9780313073847

0313073848

9780313048760

0313048762

OCLC:

57586351