Security and Strategy in the New Europe

by McInnes,Colin; McInnes,Colin

• ISBN13: 9780415071208
• ISBN10: 0415071208
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-10-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The period from the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe to the August 1991 failed coup in the former Soviet Union represents a crucial turning point in the history of Europe. With the end of the Cold War, new concerns over the nature of European security have come to the fore, and major differences in the approaches of individual states to the new circumstances have been revealed. In Security and Strategy in the New Europe, a group of international experts provide the first comparative analysis of the policies of the major powers towards the future of European security. The focus of this book is on change: how old ideas and institutions are being adapted, developed or abandoned with the end of the Cold War. The contributors argue that current thinking and policies concerning the future of European security are less radical and much more firmly rooted in the past than might be expected. Despite a clear acceptance of radical change, the policies and institutions for meeting thesechanges are mostly developments based on precedents and on existing institutions rather than forays into radically new territory. Security and Strategy in the New Europe examines the nature of security of the European system, changes in military strategy, and the policies of the major powers in post-Cold War Europe. The essays examine both Eastern and Western Europe and the former Soviet Union, and provide an analysis of the role of the United States in European security.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. xiii
Security and the New European System	p. 1
Contending Philosophies about Security in Europe	p. 3
References	p. 35
Future Security Systems for Europe	p. 37
Nationalism in Central and South-Eastern Europe	p. 59
References	p. 78
The End of Eurocentrism and Its Consequences	p. 82
Strategy after the Cold War	p. 93
The Evolution of NATO Strategy 1949-90	p. 95
Notes	p. 111
NATO and Nuclear Strategy	p. 112
Alternative Defence	p. 126
National Concerns and Perspectives	p. 143
The United States and European Security in the 1990s	p. 145
The Development of Soviet Strategies in Europe	p. 164
British Perspectives on the Future of European Security	p. 178
French Security Policy and the New European Order	p. 197
Security Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany	p. 217
Index	p. 240
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