The European Union in the Security of Europe : From Cold War to Terror War

This book examines the European Union’s contribution to providing security in Europe amidst an increasingly complex and challenging environment. In this new and comprehensive guide to the EU's role in security since the end of the Cold War, the authors offer an explanation of EU internal and external security regimes, and argue that the Union has become an important exporter of security within its region. However, the Union’s rhetorical ambitions and commitments continue to outstrip its capabilities and it lacks both a common conceptualisation of security and a meaningful, shared strategic culture. Drawing extensively on primary sources the book examines the Union’s relations with the US and Russia in a time of shifting geostrategic calculations and priorities. With the EU capacity for enlargement slowing, this text presents a detailed assessment of EU security policies towards Central Europe, the Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. European Union Security will be of interest to students and scholars of the EU, security studies, and international relations. A new and comprehensive guide to the European Union's role and development in European security since the end of the Cold War, which explores the interface between the EU and other organizations and other states, specifically NATO, the US and Russia. Engaging in key debates in international security, the authors trace the history of the EU as a security actor and explore a broad range of contemporary security issues concerning the EU. * Part 1 examines the post-Cold War security evolution of the EU, focusing on the German, British and French foreign policies. It explores the Anglo-Franco-German relationship, the Anglo-American relationship and the EU-US relationship * Part 2 investigates contemporary EU security issues such as legitimacy, immigration and asylum, environmental security, interventionism, and internal and external institutional synergy. * Part 3 explores four case studies of the EU in action: Iraq, the Balkans, the 'war' on terrorism and the stabilization of Central and Eastern Europe Introduction: the nature of security The EU and internal security The EU and external security The US, European security and EU-US relations: the indispensable nation? Russia, European security and relations with the EU: the underprivileged strategic partnership? EU enlargement to central and eastern Europe The EU and the eastern arc of instability: the western Balkans, eastern Europe and south Caucasus The EU and its southern Mediterranean neighbours Conclusion. 'European Union and Security' gives a comprehensive guide to the European Union's role and developments in European security since the end of the Cold War. It also explores the interface between the EU and other organisations and other states