Kjell A Eliassen 
Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union [PDF ebook] 

This book provides a comprehensive overview of why European integration in foreign and security policy has proved so difficult. The obstacles to developing the common policy in this second pillar of the European Union go to the heart of debates around the sovereignty of the nation-state. A leading group of international contributors explain how these problems arise and consider the future prospects of developing a more regional-based solution.

Broadly organized around the three areas of policy, actors and issues, the first section traces the reluctant growth of EU integration in foreign and security policy as it developed from the mid-1980s. In the second section the national policies and interests that typically obstruct a common policy are explored through four key member states. The third section considers ways of addressing problems like the EU′s expansion to include Central and Eastern Europe, the impact of an independent European security identity on the transatlantic relationship, as well as the potential risks to European security from the Mediterranean rim.

Spis treści

Introduction – Kjell A Eliassen

The New European Foreign and Security Policy Agenda

PART ONE: EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

The CFSP and the Nation State – G Pinar Tank

The Single European Act – Marit Sj[sl]ovaag

The Common Foreign and Security Policy from Maastricht to Amsterdam – Arnhild and David Spence

The 1996 IGC – Catriona Gourlay and Eric Remacle

The Actors and their Interaction

PART TWO: NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES

France and the European Project – Yves Boyer

Internal and External Issues

The Security Policy of a Unified Germany – Reimund Seidelmann

British Security Policy – Michael Clark

Spanish Security Policy and the Mediterranean Question – Esther Barb[ac]e

PART THREE: SECURITY ISSUES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Security Issues Emanating from the Mediterranean Basin – G Pinar Tank

Security Implications of EU Expansion to the North and East – Esben Oust Heiberg

The Future of Armament Cooperation in NATO and the WEU – Pierre de Vestel

European Foreign and Security Policy in the Future – Kjell A Eliassen

O autorze

Kjell A Eliassen is Professor and Director of European and Asian Studies (CEAS) at the Norwegian School of Management.
CONTRIBUTORS

Esther Barbe Universitat Autonoma Barcelona
Yves Boyer CREST Paris
Michael Clark King′s College University of London
Catriona Gourlay Universite Libre Bruxelles
Esben Oust Heiberg Norwegian School of Management
Eric Remacle Universite Libre Bruxelles
Marit Sjovaag Norwegian School of Management
Reimund Seidelmann Universitat Giessen and Universite Libre Bruxelles
Arnhild Spence NATO and EC Bruxelles
David Spence NATO and EC Bruxelles
G Pinar Tank Norwegian School of Management
Pierre de Vestel Universite Libre Bruxelles