The Rebirth of Europe

by Pond, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780815771579
• ISBN10: 0815771576
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr

Summary

This revised and updated paperback edition covers the introduction of the euro, the fall of Milosevic, and the impact of September 11 in European integration.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Pond is a journalist based in Germany. Currently a correspondent for the Washington Quarterly, she was the longtime European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor

Table of Contents

Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms	xi
Foreword	1	(5)
Images of Europe: Skeptics versus Skeptical Optimists	6	(18)
Escape from History	10	(4)
Europe's Miracles	14	(3)
American Skepticism	17	(2)
Birth Pangs and Birth	19	(5)
Prologue: The Fall of the Wall	24	(15)
The French-German Tandem	29	(2)
The EC and the Single Market	31	(8)
Prologue: Maastricht	39	(16)
The Maastricht Conference	44	(6)
The Maastricht Hangover, 1992-93	50	(5)
Present at the Second Creation: NATO	55	(26)
The U.S. Engagement	55	(4)
Bosnia	59	(5)
Poland and Enlargement	64	(7)
Ukraine and Other Neighbors	71	(5)
NATO-EU Synergy	76	(5)
Present at the Second Creation: The EU and European Monetary Union	81	(24)
Crisis, 1994	81	(2)
Multispeed Europe, 1994-96	83	(9)
EMU as an Engine	92	(6)
Deepening and Widening, 1996-97	98	(7)
Present at the Rebirth: Poland and Central Europe	105	(31)
Extraordinary Politics	106	(4)
The Turnaround	110	(3)
Ordinary Politics	113	(5)
Catholics and Jews	118	(8)
NATO and the European Union	126	(10)
Absent at the Rebirth: The Eastern Slavs	136	(18)
Time of Troubles	136	(3)
The Chasm between the Poles and the Eastern Slavs	139	(3)
The Ukrainian Example	142	(5)
The Death of Reform	147	(6)
How Far East Will the West Go?	153	(1)
Commencement de Siecle: EU ``Domestic'' Evolution	154	(24)
EMU	159	(8)
Germany, France, and Britain	167	(6)
Widening and Deepening	173	(5)
Union 2000: Kosovo and Transatlantic Coopetition	178	(36)
The ``Revolution in Military Affairs'' and U.S. Leadership	181	(4)
European Security and Defense Identity	185	(6)
Common Foreign and Security Policy	191	(3)
The New American Connection	194	(6)
EMU	200	(5)
Economy and Trade	205	(6)
Coopetition	211	(3)
Epilogue	214	(4)
Notes	218	(55)
Suggestions for Further Reading	273	(13)
Interviews	286	(17)
Index	303