A systematic and comprehensive analysis of the significant increase in security cooperation among European states.

This is the first integrated analysis of all aspects of security cooperation in western Europe from 1945 to 1991. It provides an accessible yet sophisticated survey of the wider dynamics of security cooperation in each decade throughout this period. It covers all aspects of security cooperation, which range from the political - such as a 'European' voice in arms control, to military - such as a 'European' input into NATO strategy, and economic - involving collaboration in defence technology and production.

Providing a timely account of European security developments, this edited collection delves into the theoretical and political debates central to European security cooperation. The essays analyze the interaction between states and institutions as they shape European security cooperation in the wake of the Cold War. After outlining the goals and context of the project, the book turns to case studies of the roles and policies of the U.S., Russia, Germany, and France. European security, institutions, and arms control regimes, such as the European Union, the Western European Union, NATO, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are examined. Conventional forces in Europe, and confidence and security building measures are also explored. Throughout, the contributors focus on the possibilities and limits of security cooperation as Europe prepares for the next century. Students and scholars concerned with international security issues, international relations theory, and European security and politics will be particularly interested.

The book provides an essential primer and reference book which examines the different theories deployed to understand and explain European Union cooperation on internal security matters.

Focuses on the inner workings of NATO during the period 1996-97. After a summary of theoretical reflections on military alliances, chapters describe four paths to compromise (US, British, French, and German) without which the goals and complex formulae devised in 1996 and 1997 could not have been agreed upon, and analyze the international adaptation of NATO and its strength of consensus on both sides of the Atlantic. Distributed by Books International. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

How inclusive are NATO and the EU? Recently, enlargement's limits have increasingly come to be recognised, bringing with it an important debate on the balance to be struck between inclusion and exclusion. This book examines that sometimes awkward balance.