Introduction

Implication for Western Europe is that war in the East means the peace of "Europe" remains divisible, and thus illusory; so, therefore, does the dream of "pan-European" security structures continue to be a will-o'-the-wisp. A more positive self-conception arises from inquiry into what values can be said to make Europe "European." The reductions and the emphasis upon reconstitution can be expected to have a major impact on the size of the forces the United Statse will be able to leave in Europe, especially after 1995. One country in particular, Germany, has an immense stake in averting the collapse of the round. One of the enduring ironies of Western Europe's halting movement toward greater defense and security policy coherence is that France, which so often champions what it argues to be the cause of "Europe," is in its own way very much a part of the problem to be overcome, namely nationalism.