ABSTRACT

This book investigates the institutional and operational development of the Western European Union (WEU) and its proposed enlargement. It assesses the motivations of its leading members and the progress made toward enhancing the WEU's role in the 1996-97 Intergovernmental Conference.

chapter 1|21 pages

The History of the WEU

chapter 2|16 pages

Revitalisation in the 1980s

chapter 3|19 pages

Post Cold War to Maastricht

chapter 5|18 pages

Relations Between the WEU and NATO

chapter 6|18 pages

The Enlargement of the WEU

chapter 8|9 pages

Conclusion