Uncertain Europe: Building a New European Security Order? (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)

This timely book considers the topical issue of the enlargement processes of the European Union and NATO. The contributors examine issues including: the dual enlargement process and German and Russian relationships with it; NATO and the pan-European security agenda; East European reactions to enlargement; and concepts of security in the new Europe. This book provides a cohesive overview of the pan-European security debate and is an essential resource for students and academics interested in the development of the European Union. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of contributors......Page 8 Preface and acknowledgements......Page 11 List of abbreviations......Page 13 Map of the European Union and applicant states......Page 15 Key concepts: order, security and identity......Page 16 What security? What order?......Page 18 What does it mean to be 'European'? The problems of constructing a pan-European identity......Page 35 The institutions......Page 56 The OSCE: crowning jewel or talking shop?......Page 58 NATO: 'West is best'?......Page 77 The EU: coming of age as a security actor?......Page 94 The WEU: eliminating the middleman......Page 111 National and regional perspectives......Page 128 The United States: strategic vision or tactical posturing?......Page 130 France: willing the means to the end?......Page 151 The United Kingdom: between a rock and a soft place?......Page 168 Germany: a new vision of order?......Page 185 Russia: caging the bear?......Page 197 The Baltic states: bridge or barrier to the east?......Page 213 Poland: 'For Your Security and Ours'......Page 232 South-east Europe: collision of norms and identity?......Page 243 Uncertain Europe?......Page 260 Whose Europe? Whose security?......Page 262 Index......Page 292 This text considers the topical issue of the enlargement processes of the European Union and NATO. It provides a cohesive overview of the pan-European security debate and is an essential resource for students and academics This timely book considers the topical issue of the enlargement processes of the European Union and NATO. This book is an essential resource for those academics interested in the development of the European Union. This chapter aims at examining two concepts in the context of Europe at the start of the twenty-first century: order and security.