The Rebirth of Europe

by Pond, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780815771586
• ISBN10: 0815771584
• Format: Hardcover
• 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 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	p. xi
Foreword	p. 1
Images of Europe: Skeptics versus Skeptical Optimists	p. 6
Escape from History	p. 10
Europe's Miracles	p. 14
American Skepticism	p. 17
Birth Pangs and Birth	p. 19
Prologue: The Fall of the Wall	p. 24
The French-German Tandem	p. 29
The EC and the Single Market	p. 31
Prologue: Maastricht	p. 39
The Maastricht Conference	p. 44
The Maastricht Hangover, 1992-93	p. 50
Present at the Second Creation: NATO	p. 55
The U.S. Engagement	p. 55
Bosnia	p. 59
Poland and Enlargement	p. 64
Ukraine and Other Neighbors	p. 71
NATO-EU Synergy	p. 76
Present at the Second Creation: The EU and European Monetary Union	p. 81
Crisis, 1994	p. 81
Multispeed Europe, 1994-96	p. 83
EMU as an Engine	p. 92
Deepending and Widening, 1996-97	p. 98
Present at the Rebirth: Poland and Central Europe	p. 105
Extraordinary Politics	p. 106
The Turnaround	p. 110
Ordinary Politics	p. 113
Catholics and Jews	p. 118
NATO and the European Union	p. 126
Absent at the Rebirth: The Eastern Slavs	p. 136
Time of Troubles	p. 136
The Chasm between the Poles and the Eastern Slavs	p. 139
The Ukrainian Example	p. 142
The Death of Reform	p. 147
How Far East Will the West Go?	p. 153
Commencement de Siecle: EU "Domestic" Evolution	p. 154
EMU	p. 159
Germany, France, and Britain	p. 167
Widening and Deepending	p. 173
Union 2000: Kosovo and Transatlantic Coopetition	p. 178
The "Revolution in Military Affairs" and U.S. Leadership	p. 181
European Security and Defense Identity	p. 185
Common Foreign and Security Policy	p. 191
The New American Connection	p. 194
EMU	p. 200
Economy and Trade	p. 205
Coopetition	p. 211
Epilogue	p. 214
Notes	p. 218
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 273
Interviews	p. 286
Index	p. 303
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