ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the basic building blocks of the new European security system that is emerging as a consequence of the collapse of Soviet power in Eastern Europe and the unification of Germany. The security aspects of the agreement and of related agreements will also form important elements of the new European security system. All European governments have a strong desire for common European institutions which would visibly represent their determination to move toward European unity after long-enforced division and their determination that there will be no more war in Europe. A continuing North Atlantic Treaty Orgnization (NATO) alliance is essential to the successful operation of the European security system, including operation of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe security institutions. An equally important reason for membership of a united Germany in NATO is to preserve NATO both as guarantor of the new European peace order and as the nucleus of a future Western European defense grouping.
