The Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy Leaders, Cognitions, and Questions of Institutional Viability

by Malici, Akan

• ISBN13: 9780230604469
• ISBN10: 0230604463
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In the 1970s, Henry Kissinger lamented, 'When I want to call Europe, I cannot find a phone number. ' Kissinger's implication was clear: Although Europe was moving towards a union, in reality it was lacking the necessary coherence. Since then, the institutional momentum of the EU towards a common foreign and security policy has increased considerably. Yet, the viability of this institutionalization effort is questionable. This book advances a new perspective on this paradox. It argues that in order to understand institutional success and failure one must investigate the changing cognitive propensities of leaders in key states forming the institution.

Author Biography

Akan Malici is Assistant Professor at Furman University in South Carolina. He is the author of When Leaders Learn and When They Don’t (SUNY Press, 2008).  His articles have been published in Political Psychology, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy Analysis and Psicologia Politica.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xv
The Argument
Political Leadership and Security Integration	p. 3
The Argument in Brief	p. 5
The Institutional Evolution of European Security	p. 7
The Institutional Problematique	p. 12
Relevance	p. 14
Plan of the Book	p. 15
A Cognitive Theory of Institutional Viability	p. 17
Leaders and International Institutions	p. 18
Institutions as Shared Mental Models	p. 20
Forming Mental Models	p. 23
Discerning Mental Models	p. 25
Manifestations of Mental Models	p. 27
The Cases
The Kosovo War	p. 37
The Origins of the Kosovo Crisis	p. 37
Internationalization of the Conflict	p. 42
Mental Models in the Kosovo Crisis	p. 45
France	p. 48
Great Britain	p. 54
Germany	p. 61
Conclusion	p. 67
The Afghanistan War	p. 71
The Origins of the War	p. 71
Internationalization of the Conflict	p. 76
Mental Models After 9/11	p. 79
France	p. 81
Great Britain	p. 87
Germany	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 99
The Iraq War	p. 103
The Origins of the Iraq Crisis	p. 103
Internationalization of the Crisis	p. 108
Mental Models in the Iraq Crisis	p. 112
France	p. 114
Great Britain	p. 120
Germany	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 136
The Implications
Conclusions and Implications: A European Common Foreign and Security Policy?	p. 141
The Lessons of Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq	p. 142
The Crisis with Iran	p. 147
The Crisis with North Korea	p. 150
Theorizing Europe's Common Foreign and Security Policy	p. 153
Questions of World Order	p. 155
Notes	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 217
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