The Evolution Of An International Actor
Western Europe's New Assertiveness
1st Edition
Published on 13. June 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
354 pages
978-0-8133-7534-2 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1980s, Western European nations have been more successful in co-operating on security policy than ever before. Challenges from both the Soviet Union and the United States have triggered new approaches to the old problem of a distinct European defence - among them the European answer to President Reagan's SDI concept, the Western European Union, and European suggestions for East-West arms control negotiations. This book presents the combined research of a group of European and American scholars who evaluate the scope and substance of present-day security co-operation among West European nations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-7534-2 (9780813375342)
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Content
Part 1 West European power potential: European trade policy - coping with the internal menace and external challenge, Roy Ginsberg; European foreign policy - power block, civilian model - or flop?, Christopher Hill; European security policy - between self-assertiveness and dependence, Reinhardt Rummel. Part 2 European defense initiatives: West Germany and France - convergent and divergent perspectives on European security co-operation, Peter Schmidt; the Franco-German security relationship, David Garnham. Part 3 ATBM: European or Atlantic solution, David Robertson; West European threat assessment - an upcoming question, Reinhardt Rummel. Part 4 Transatlantic provocations: Western Europe in Reagan's world - responding to a new American challenge, David Allen and Michael Smith; a new transatlantic bargain - America's reaction vis-a-vis European self-assertiveness, Stanley R.Sloan.