Old Europe, New Security
Subtitle: Evolution for a Complex World
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781351152204
Subjects: International Security; National security; Foreign relations; Diplomatic relations
Description: "Many of the US criticisms of Western European reluctance to engage in the 2004 war in Iraq stem from a perception that these governments are 'weak on defence' or unwilling to 'pull their own weight' in the international system. Secretary Rumsfeld pejoratively designated traditional Atlantic Alliance allies as 'Old Europe', to distinguish them from the freshly minted, cooperative states of 'New Europe'. In doing so, Rumsfeld accused 'Old Europe' of yet again relying on the United States to solve shared security problems. This volume critically evaluates the validity of this view of Western European choices and policies. Rather than a primary reliance on military force as first line defence, it proposes that Western European governments are expanding the set of tools they have to apply to the post-Cold War array of security and defence problems. The volume examines the emergent European security approach from multiple perspectives, in multiple institutions and identities, and in different geographic contexts."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Half Title; title: Title; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: List of Contributors; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: List of Abbreviations; title: PART 1 EUROPEAN SECURITY CONCEPTUALIZED; title: 1 Transatlantic Security Values: Hegemonic Versus Shared Power; title: 2 Historical Precedents for the Current European Security and Defense Policy; title: 3 Symbolic Security: Europe Takes a Human Face; title: 4 European Security and Defense Policy: The EU's Search for a Strategic Role; title: 5 European Security Institutions and Structures; title: 6 NATO's Transformation; title: 7 European Security and Defense Policy: Capabilities for a Complex World; title: PART 2 EUROPEAN SECURITY IN ACTION; title: 8 The European Union in the Balkans: From Intervention to Accession; title: 9 The European Union and The Middle East: The Benefits of Soft Power; title: 10 The European Union and the Russian Federation; title: 11 Latin American Security: European Perspectives and Approaches; title: 12 Conclusions; title: Index.