A critical approach to European security : identity and institutions

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A critical approach to European security : identity and institutions

Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Peter van Ham

Pinter, 1999

  • : hbk.
  • : pbk.

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Volume

: hbk. ISBN 9781855675650

Description

This work examines the key elements of Europe's dynamic security framework. It analyzes how European institutions and their policies influence the security of the continent, looking also at the broader political setting, in particular how the development of a "European identity" might influence European security. It aims to bring clarity into the often muddled discussion on European security and elucidates some of the concepts that are central to the current discourse on the topic. The authors argue that the Cold War gave rise in Western Europe to the creation of a true "security community". In an effort to escape their historically uncomfortable position in the playing field between the western powers and Russia, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are eager to become an integral part of this "political Europe". Both NATO and the European Union have committed themselves to accept new Member states, but where does this enlargement process end? How can we ensure that the Europe to emerge in the coming millennium will suffer from the shortcomings of the Yalta-system of the Cold War? And, how can the West make sure that Russia does not turn its back on Europe but instead becomes a constructive player on the European scene? These are a few examples of questions explored in this book.

Table of Contents

  • Part I The West European experience - enlarging the sphere of affluence: concepts of Europe - welcoming the lost son
  • the meaning of security - instution-building and enlargment
  • squaring the circle - institutional enlargment and European identity
  • more Germany or more Europe?
  • EU reform and the prospect of enlargement
  • will the euro build a political Europe?
  • Europe's identity and the prospect of US disengagement
  • towards a European sphere of affluence. Part II Integrating Central Europe - mission accomplished?: Central Europe, Mitteleuropa and identity - an old debate revisited
  • between Russian and Germany - geography is destiny?
  • Central Europe - transition - transformation - adaption
  • regional differentiation and cooperation
  • Europe's security institutions as vehicles for integration
  • Central European scenarios. Part III Integrating Russia in Europe - mission impossible: losing an empire - finding a new role
  • the post-Cold War security bargain and the integration of Russia
  • Russia and Central Europe
  • Russia and the CIS
  • Europe's security institutions as vehicles for integration
  • the big challenge - fitting Russia in. Part IV A secure Europe in the 21st century: understanding European security - two schools of thought
  • the role of "semantic politics"
  • security neighbourhoods and the changed nature of threats
  • post-Cold War borders and the relevance of "Olympic Circles".
Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9781855675667

Description

This work examines the key elements of Europe's dynamic security framework. It analyzes how European institutions and their policies influence the security of the continent, looking also at the broader political setting, in particular how the development of a "European identity" might influence European security. It aims to bring clarity into the often muddled discussion on European security and elucidates some of the concepts that are central to the current discourse on the topic. The authors argue that the Cold War gave rise in Western Europe to the creation of a true "security community". In an effort to escape their historically uncomfortable position in the playing field between the Western powers and Russia, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are eager to become an integral part of this "political Europe". Both NATO and the European Union have committed themselves to accept new Member states, but where does this enlargement process end? How can we ensure that the Europe to emerge in the coming millennium will suffer from the shortcomings of the Yalta-system of the Cold War? And, how can the West make sure that Russia does not turn its back on Europe but instead becomes a constructive player on the European scene? These are a few examples of questions explored in this book.

Table of Contents

  • Part I The West European experience - enlarging the sphere of affluence: concepts of Europe - welcoming the lost son
  • the meaning of security - instution-building and enlargment
  • squaring the circle - institutional enlargment and European identity
  • more Germany or more Europe?
  • EU reform and the prospect of enlargement
  • will the euro build a political Europe?
  • Europe's identity and the prospect of US disengagement
  • towards a European sphere of affluence. Part II Integrating Central Europe - mission accomplished?: Central Europe, Mitteleuropa and identity - an old debate revisited
  • between Russian and Germany - geography is destiny?
  • Central Europe - transition - transformation - adaption
  • regional differentiation and cooperation
  • Europe's security institutions as vehicles for integration
  • Central European scenarios. Part III Integrating Russia in Europe - mission impossible: losing an empire - finding a new role
  • the post-Cold War security bargain and the integration of Russia
  • Russia and Central Europe
  • Russia and the CIS
  • Europe's security institutions as vehicles for integration
  • the big challenge - fitting Russia in. Part IV A secure Europe in the 21st century: understanding European security - two schools of thought
  • the role of "semantic politics"
  • security neighbourhoods and the changed nature of threats
  • post-Cold War borders and the relevance of "Olympic Circles".

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