ABSTRACT

This timely book considers the topical issue of the enlargement processes of the European Union and NATO. The contributors examine issues including: the dual enlargement process and German and Russian relationships with it; NATO and the pan-European security agenda; East European reactions to enlargement; and concepts of security in the new Europe. This book provides a cohesive overview of the pan-European security debate and is an essential resource for students and academics interested in the development of the European Union.

part |2 pages

PART I Key concepts

chapter 1|17 pages

What security? What order?

chapter 2|21 pages

What does it mean to be ‘European’?

The problems of constructing a pan-European identity

part |2 pages

PART II The institutions

chapter 3|19 pages

The OSCE

Crowning jewel or talking shop?

chapter 4|17 pages

NATO: ‘West is best’?

‘West is best’? Introduction: NATO reinvented

chapter 5|17 pages

The EU

Coming of age as a security actor?

chapter 6|17 pages

The WEU

Eliminating the middleman

part |2 pages

PART III National and regional perspectives

chapter 7|21 pages

The United States

Strategic vision or tactical posturing?

chapter 8|17 pages

France

Willing the means to the end?

chapter 9|17 pages

The United Kingdom

Between a rock and a soft place?

chapter 10|12 pages

Germany: a new vision of order?

A new vision of order? Introduction: what kind of power?

chapter 11|16 pages

Russia

Caging the bear?

chapter 12|19 pages

The Baltic states

Bridge or barrier to the east?

chapter 13|11 pages

Poland

‘For Your Security and Ours’

chapter 14|17 pages

South-east Europe

Collision of norms and identity?

part |2 pages

PART IV Uncertain Europe?