ABSTRACT
The analysis in Part I of this study introduced us to the concept of a European security system and to some of its supports. The concern of the latter has as much to do with their respective political objectives as with system-building or even with security as such. But, in order to do justice to the concept, I shall consider it on its own merits by analysing the several components and by trying to specify the basic requirements it has to satisfy. This will lead to a variety of possible definitions influenced by various political situations and objectives, resulting in several alternative models, which I shall try to specify by indicating how the various existing nations and organizations might fit into each of them.
