The Elusive Quest for European Security

From EDC to CFSP

S. Duke

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN: 9781349417643, 9780333777985
• eBook ISBN: 9780230509672
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The Elusive Quest for European Security provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defence role in the European integration process. Consideration is given to why these aspects of the integration process have proven so elusive and what progress has been made towards this goal. The assessment includes topics such as the enlargement of NATO, the EU's Amsterdam Treaty, and the role of the revived Western European Union, as well as the role of the main actors which includes Britain's bid for European leadership in defence, and the changing attitudes of administrations in Washington DC.

Table of contents

• Cover
• The Elusive Quest for European Security
• Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms, Abbreviations and Conventions
• Introduction
• 1 The European Defence Community – Precursor to the CFSP?
• 2 The Rebirth of European Security
• 3 From Political Community to Uncommon Security
• 4 Expanding Europe, Decreasing Security
• 5 Transatlantic Relations and European Security
• 6 Transatlantic and ‘Euro’ Options – Case Study Yugoslavia
• 7 Progress Towards Defining a Common European Security and Defence Policy: Illusion or Practice
• 8 Conclusion
• Appendix 1: The Brussels Treaty
• Appendix 2: The North Atlantic Treaty
• Appendix 3: Modified Brussels Treaty
• Appendix 4: Single European Act (extract)
• Appendix 5: WEU Council of Ministers Petersberg Declaration
• Appendix 6: Treaty on European Union (extract)
• Appendix 7: Consolidated Version of the Treaty on European Union
• Appendix 8: Madrid Declaration on Euro-Atlantic Security and Cooperation Issued by the Heads of State and Government
• Appendix 9: Historical Highlights of Attempts to Create a European Common Foreign and Security Policy
• Appendix 10: Franco-British Summit – Joint Declarationon European Defence
• Notes and References
• Index