Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union

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.

Inhalt
Introduction - Kjell A Eliassen
The New European Foreign and Security Policy Agenda
PART ONE: EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
The CFSP and the Nation State - G Pinar Tank
The Single European Act - Marit Sj[sl]ovaag
The Common Foreign and Security Policy from Maastricht to Amsterdam - Arnhild and David Spence
The 1996 IGC - Catriona Gourlay and Eric Remacle
The Actors and their Interaction
PART TWO: NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES
France and the European Project - Yves Boyer
Internal and External Issues
The Security Policy of a Unified Germany - Reimund Seidelmann
British Security Policy - Michael Clark
Spanish Security Policy and the Mediterranean Question - Esther Barb[ac]e
PART THREE: SECURITY ISSUES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Security Issues Emanating from the Mediterranean Basin - G Pinar Tank
Security Implications of EU Expansion to the North and East - Esben Oust Heiberg
The Future of Armament Cooperation in NATO and the WEU - Pierre de Vestel
European Foreign and Security Policy in the Future - Kjell A Eliassen