The End of European Security Institutions?: The EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and NATO After Brexit (SpringerBriefs in Political Science)

This book discusses Brexit’s implications for the two most important security institutions in Europe, the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). While Brexit is still unfolding, this book asks what it would mean for the future embedding of the UK into CFSP and NATO, as well as how it will most likely affect the inner mechanics of the transatlantic alliance (NATO) and CFSP in particular, in the years to come. The book is divided into two parts. Part I provides a historical overview of the evolution of the relationships between the UK and NATO and the EU, respectively. Part II discusses the geopolitical contexts and potential impacts of Brexit, focusing on the contemporary security environment, as well as the options that the EU has, in the event an agreement is concluded. Using both predictive and normative arguments, this book provides likely scenarios for an event that continues to be a source of much uncertainty for the global community. Making an important contribution to one of the most important policy debates in international security affairs today, this book is of interest to students and researchers of international security affairs, European politics, and global governance as well as policymakers and practitioners working on the Brexit file. Preface Contents List of Tables 1 Introduction Aims, Objectives, and Research Questions Why This Book? Argument Why Is This Guidance Important, in What Context, and for Who? Roadmap for the Book Part I Historical Evolutions of the U.K.—NATO and U.K.—E.U. Relationship 2 A Brief History of the U.K.—NATO Relationship The End of World War II The Treaty of Dunkirk, the Treaty of Brussels, and NATO Korean War The Suez Crisis and Fallout French Withdrawal Détente The Fall of the U.S.S.R Gulf War Partnership for Peace NATO Enlargement Bosnia Kosovo 9/11 Afghanistan Iraq Libya Brexit Conclusion 3 A Brief History of the U.K.—E.U. Relationship End of World War II Schuman Plan Western European Union (WE.U.) Petitions to Join the EEC Joining the EEC Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Schengen Agreement Single European Act The Treaty of Maastricht and the End of the Cold War The Treaty of Amsterdam Nice Treaty Treaty of Lisbon Eurozone Crisis Migrant Crisis and the Brexit Conclusion Part II Contemporary Contexts and Impacts of the Brexit 4 The Geopolitical Contexts of the Brexit 5 The Impact of Brexit on E.U. Security Losing a Capable E.U. Member Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and the Future of Defence Integration European Intervention Initiative (E2I) and the U.K. U.K. Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) 6 Conclusion