1st Edition

The Evolution Of An International Actor Western Europe's New Assertiveness

362 Pages
by Routledge

354 Pages
by Routledge

354 Pages
by Routledge

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 Uni

Preface -- Preparing West Europe for the 1990s -- West Europe between National Interests and Global Needs -- European Foreign Policy: Power Bloc, Civilian Model - or Flop? -- European Trade Policy at Mid-Decade: Coping with the Internal Menace and the External Challenge -- West European Security Policy: Between Assertiveness and Dependence -- West Europe's Particular Contribution to Western Defense -- Establishing Security Policy in the European Community* -- Franco-German Defense Cooperation: A Basis for the Europeanization of NATO? -- West Germany and France: Convergent or Divergent Perspectives on European Security Cooperation? -- West European Threat Assessment: An Instrument of Assertiveness? -- West Europe in the Transatlantic Bargain -- West Europe in Reagan's World: Responding to a New American Challenge -- The "Corn War": A Euro-American Trade Dispute -- The Power of Strategic Initiatives in the Federal Republic of Germany -- A New Transatlantic Bargain? An Essay on US Policy toward European Defense Cooperation -- Annex

Biography

Reinhardt Rummel