Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union / Edition 1

by Kjell A Eliassen

Overview

‘[This book] is to be welcomed for shedding light on a relatively new and highly sensitive policy area' - European Foreign Affairs ReviewForeign and Security Policy in the European Union provides a comprehensive overview of why European integration in foreign and security policy has proved so difficult. A leading group of international contributors explain how these problems arise and consider the future prospects of developing a more regional-based solution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761956334
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/16/1998
Series:	Western Europe Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

‘The chapters are well-written, providing very good summaries of the issues they address....Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union provides a good overview' - International Affairs

‘[This book] is to be welcomed for shedding light on a relatively new and highly sensitive policy area' - European Foreign Affairs Review

‘Few edited volumes are more than the sum of their parts, but this one is. The central question posed by this collection of essays is why closer harmonization in the EU's second pillar, Common Foreign and Security Policy [CFSP], is proving so difficult. The book responds to the question in three linked and mutually informing sections.... Eliassen has skillfully brought together a synergistic set of essays which leave the reader in no doubt about the complexity or magnitude of problems the EU faces in taking CFSP forward. In offering understanding rather than easy answers the book makes a valuable contribution to the literature.' - Political Studies

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