The Changing Politics of European Security: Europe Alone?(Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics)

What will be the future of security cooperation in Europe after the Bush Administration? Is the famous rift between 'Old Europe' and America too great to repair? Is the European Union ready to assume a more prominent place on the world stage? This book explores the key security challenges confronting Europe, from relations with the United States and Russia to the use of military force and the struggle against terrorism. In the future, European states will increasingly act alone, independent of America, on security matters. In doing so, they will prefer to operate through the institutional machinery of the EU, which is ascendant as an instrument of security coordination in Europe. NATO, the institutional vehicle of a troubled transatlantic relationship, is in decline. Europe is likely to act not in defiance of America, but in deference to America. But it will act alone, when circumstances favour such a choice.

Table of Contents:
The Changing Politics of European Security; A.G.Sens PART I: CHANGING SECURITY PERCEPTIONS IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA Internal and External Security in the EU: Is There Any Longer a Distinction?; M.Anderson Security Perspectives in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: 'Easternization' and 'Europeanization'; L.Cohen Transatlantic Differences on Security Perceptions and Responses; F.Cameron PART II: "READY TO GO ALONE?" UNFOLDING THE EU'S SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY Common Security and Defense Policy in the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe; M. lvarez The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP): A Strategy for Security in Europe?; S.Ganzle Russia and ESDP: Partnership Strategy versus Strategic Partnership; D.Danilov PART III: EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP From an Alliance of Commitment to an Alliance of Choice: The Adaptation of NATO in Time of Crisis; H.Haftendorn The Challenges and Limits of NATO-ESDP Synergy; A.Moens Strategic Partners, Different Strategies: The United States and Canada in the Transatlantic Security Community; F.Merand

About the Author :
STEFAN GA NZLE is Visiting Assistant Professor (DAAD) at the Institute for European Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of British Colombia, Canada. His research interests lie in the field of European integration and EU foreign policy. He has been a research fellow at the University of Jena, the European University Institute and a researcher-in-residence at the OSCE. His most recent publications have appeared in Conflict and Cooperation, Defense Nationale and Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. ALLEN G. SENS is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Political Science and Chair of the International Relations Program at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He specializes in international relations, with a research and teaching focus on armed conflict and conflict management. He maintains research agendas on United Nations peacekeeping, European security and NATO, and Canadian foreign and defence policy. He is co-author of Global Politics: Origins, Currents, Directions, now in its third edition (2005).