Crafting EU security policy : in pursuit of a European identity / Stephanie B. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Stephanie B., 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Security and Defense Policy.

National security--Europe.

National security.

Europe--Defenses.

Europe.

European Union countries--Foreign relations.

European Union countries.

Europe--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Europe.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the absence of external security threats—and especially given that most of the EU member states are also members of NATO—what explains the European Union's commitment to a distinct, common security policy? What justifies channeling funds from cash-strapped European governments to finance that policy? Ranging from the early post -Cold War years to the present, Stephanie Anderson explores the arguably surprising motivation behind the EU's security and defense policy, how the ESDP has developed, how it has transformed the EU, and how it might further the European integration project.

Contents:

The paradox of the European Security and Defense Policy

Why the EU needs the ESDP : contending explanations

Nation building and the ESDP

The role of the United States

Politicians and the ESDP : explaining the rhetoric

The ESDP's institutional structure

Security policy and the future of the European Union.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-219) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-319-1

OCLC:

1334343707