EUROPEAN SECURITY AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS AFTER 9/11 AND THE IRAQ WAR; ED. BY HEINZ GARTNER

At a time of unprecedented turmoil in the transatlantic relationship, as America asserts its right to act unilaterally to defend itself against terrorism and Europeans are increasingly aggressive in promoting a multilateralist approach to security issues, this book examines the post-9/11 and Iraqi war security environment, especially the impact on NATO and transatlantic relations as the European Union seeks to build a unified foreign and defense policy that will enable Europeans to play a fuller role in the international system. At A Time Of Unprecedented Turmoil In The Transatlantic Relationship, This Book Addresses A Number Of The Key Security Challenges That Confront Decision-makers On Both Sides Of The Atlantic. The Contributors Examine The Widening Divergences In Western Threat Perceptions And Investigate Religiously-motivated Terrorism Both As A Socio-political Phenomenon And As A Security Threat. The Risks And Unique Challenges Posed By The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction Are Examined And The Viability Of New Arms Control And Disarmament Regimes To Tackle These Dangers Is Assessed. Finally, The Book Examines What The Impact Of The Post-9/11 Security Environment Has Been On The Evolution Of Both Nato And The European Security System.--jacket. Defining The Enemy / Susan E. Penksa -- A Revolution In Strategy? / Jan Willem Honig -- Strategic Terrorism / Friedrich Steinhausler -- Peering Into The Abyss / Ian M. Cuthbertson -- The European Response To International Terrorism / Georg Witschel -- Transatlantic Relations After 9/11 And Iraq / Regina Karp -- Three Fictions Of Transatlantic Relations / Daniel N. Nelson -- European Security And Transatlantic Relations After 9/11 And The Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq / Heinz Gartner -- Nato Cohesion From Afghanistan To Iraq / Christian Tuschhoff -- The European 'centaur' / Adrian Hyde-price -- The European Union And Crisis Management / Kari Mottola -- The Osce Response To 9/11 / P. Terrence Hopmann -- Multilateral Arms Control As A Response To Nbc Proliferation / Alexander Kelle -- What Future For Europe's Security And Defense Policy? / Heiko Borchert And Daniel Maurer. Edited By Heinz Gärtner And Ian M. Cuthbertson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-15 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Defining the Enemy: EU and US Threat Perceptions After 9/11....Pages 19-32 A Revolution in Strategy? Conducting War in an Age of Rogues....Pages 33-47 Strategic Terrorism: Threats and Risk Assessment....Pages 48-65 Peering into the Abyss: Understanding and Combating NBC Terrorism....Pages 66-81 The European Response to International Terrorism....Pages 82-99 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Transatlantic Relations after 9/11 and Iraq: Continuities and Discontinuities....Pages 103-117 Three Fictions of Transatlantic Relations....Pages 118-133 European Security and Transatlantic Relations after 9/11 and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq....Pages 134-148 NATO Cohesion from Afghanistan to Iraq....Pages 149-164 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 The European ‘Centaur’: Power and Authority in Europe’s Society of States....Pages 167-182 The European Union and Crisis Management....Pages 183-198 The OSCE Response to 9/11....Pages 199-214 Multilateral Arms Control as a Response to NBC Proliferation: a New Transatlantic Divide?....Pages 215-230 What Future for Europe’s Security and Defense Policy? Five Scenarios for the Year 2020....Pages 231-247 Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 248-264 Back Matter....Pages 265-271 At a time of unprecedented turmoil in the transatlantic relationship, this book addresses a number of the key security challenges that confront decision-makers on both sides of the Atlantic. The contributors examine the widening divergences in Western threat perceptions and investigate religiously motivated terrorism as both a socio-political phenomenon and as a security threat. The risks and unique challenges posed by the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction are examined and the viability of new arms control and disarmament regimes to tackle these dangers is assessed. Finally, the book examines what the impact of the post-9/11 security environment has been on the evolution of both NATO and the European Security System. The book explores whether NATO is losing or radically changing its traditional role of collective defence organization after the war in Iraq. Will the war on terrorism reinvigorate NATO, or will it merely become a convenient military 'toolbox' for the United States to dip into to construct 'coalitions of the willing'? The book also examines what the future prospects are for creating an effective and worthwhile European Security and Defence Policy that would enable Europe to play a full international role as partners of the US At a time of unprecedented turmoil in the transatlantic relationship, as America asserts its right to act unilaterally to defend itself against terrorism and Europeans are increasingly aggressive in promoting a multilateralist approach to security issues, this book examines the post-9/11 and Iraqi war security environment, especially the impact on NATO and transatlantic relations as the European Union seeks to build a unified foreign and defence policy that will enable Europeans to play a fuller role in the international system.