Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union

by Kjell A Eliassen

• ISBN13: 9780761956334
• ISBN10: 0761956336
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-16
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Notes on Contributors	viii
Introduction: The New European Foreign and Security Policy Agenda	1	(8)
Kjell A. Eliassen
I European Union Foreign and Security Policy	9	(85)
The CFSP and the Nation-State	9	(13)
G. Pinar Tank
The Single European Act	22	(21)
Marit Sjovaag
The Common Foreign and Security Policy from Maastricht to Amsterdam	43	(16)
Arnhild
David Spence
The 1996 IGC: The Actors and their Interaction	59	(35)
Catriona Gourlay
Eric Remacle
II National Security Strategies	94	(67)
France and the European Project: Internal and External Issues	94	(13)
Yves Boyer
The Security Policy of a United Germany	107	(17)
Reimund Seidelmann
British Security Policy	124	(23)
Michael Clarke
Spanish Security Policy and the Mediterranean Question	147	(14)
Esther Barbe
III Security Issues of the European Union	161	(61)
Security Issues Emanating from the Mediterranean Basin	161	(23)
G. Pinar Tank
Security Implications of EU Expansion to the North and East	184	(13)
Esben Oust Heiberg
The Future of Armament Cooperation in NATO and the WEU	197	(19)
Pierre de Vestel
European Foreign and Security Plicy in the Future	216	(6)
Kjell A. Eliassen
Bibliography	222	(17)
Index	239