Organizing European security in yet another geopolitical era: consensus escapism or compartmentalized multilateralism?
Journal: International Politics
Year: 2025

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and in light of subsequent US administrations looking eastward and/or inward rather than westward, the questions of how, where, and with whom to organize European security and defense have reappeared on the agenda. Policymakers have debated and (dis)agreed over who is considered a beneficiary of European security initiatives, how to assure security/defense and against what/whom, and in what way to relate the many organizations that address European security pol