European Security [Paperback]

The authors of this collection combine different national and institutional perspectives. They cover a broad range of subjects: new threats to Europe's security, the advantages and disadvantages of the present security architecture in Europe, the problem of nuclear weapons and their control, the options for enlargement and partnership for peace, the shifts in Europeans' public opinion about security matters, and the prospects for a European defence industry. This collection provides an incomparable synthesis of some of the most crucial problems for the emergence of Europe as an independent actor in international politics.Preface - Notes on the Contributors - PART 1: PROBLEMS - Public Opinion and Security Matters in Europe; P.Manigart & E.Marlier - Problems of Transformation of the Defence Establishment in Central and Eastern Europe; W.Manig - The Russian Threat: Real or Imaginary?; O.Alexandrova - European Security and the Mediterranean; C.Echeverria Jesus - The European Union and Nuclear Weapons. Considerations on the European Option and Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy; H.Muller - The European Arms Trade: Trends and Patterns; I.Anthony & G.Hagmeyer-Gaverus - On the Necessity of a European Defence Industry; A.Politi - PART 2: INSTITUTIONS - Inter-Institutional Security Cooperation in Europe: Past, Present and Perspectives; Z.Lachowski & A.D.Rotfeld - The Role of the EU and WEU in European Security; F.Cameron - Cooperative Security in the OSCE Framework: CSBMs, Emergency Mechanisms and Conflict Prevention; H.Vetschera - The Human Dimension of the OSCE: The ODIHR in Warsaw; A.F.Glover - Chances and Perspectives of a Regional Security Community in East Central Europe; M.Wohlfeld - PART 3: BEYOND EUROPE - European Contributions to Global Security; M.Pugh - European Security in an Unsafe World; W.von Bredow, T.Jager & G.Kummel - Index