Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union

Kjell A Eliassen is Professor and Director of European and Asian Studies (CEAS) at the Norwegian School of Management.CONTRIBUTORSEsther Barbe Universitat Autonoma BarcelonaYves Boyer CREST ParisMichael Clark King′s College University of LondonCatriona Gourlay Universite Libre BruxellesEsben Oust Heiberg Norwegian School of ManagementEric Remacle Universite Libre BruxellesMarit Sjovaag Norwegian School of ManagementReimund Seidelmann Universitat Giessen and Universite Libre BruxellesArnhild Spence NATO and EC BruxellesDavid Spence NATO and EC BruxellesG Pinar Tank Norwegian School of ManagementPierre de Vestel Universite Libre Bruxelles

• Introduction - Kjell A EliassenThe New European Foreign and Security Policy AgendaPART ONE: EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICYThe CFSP and the Nation State - G Pinar TankThe Single European Act - Marit Sj[sl]ovaagThe Common Foreign and Security Policy from Maastricht to Amsterdam - Arnhild and David SpenceThe 1996 IGC - Catriona Gourlay and Eric RemacleThe Actors and their InteractionPART TWO: NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIESFrance and the European Project - Yves BoyerInternal and External IssuesThe Security Policy of a Unified Germany - Reimund SeidelmannBritish Security Policy - Michael ClarkSpanish Security Policy and the Mediterranean Question - Esther Barb[ac]ePART THREE: SECURITY ISSUES OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONSecurity Issues Emanating from the Mediterranean Basin - G Pinar TankSecurity Implications of EU Expansion to the North and East - Esben Oust HeibergThe Future of Armament Cooperation in NATO and the WEU - Pierre de VestelEuropean Foreign and Security Policy in the Future - Kjell A Eliassen

`The chapters are well-written, providing very good summaries of the issues they address....Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union provides a good overview′ - International Affairs`[This book] is to be welcomed for shedding light on a relatively new and highly sensitive policy area′ - European Foreign Affairs Review`Few edited volumes are more than the sum of their parts, but this one is. The central question posed by this collection of essays is why closer harmonization in the EU′s second pillar, Common Foreign and Security Policy [CFSP], is proving so difficult. The book responds to the question in three linked and mutually informing sections.... Eliassen has skillfully brought together a synergistic set of essays which leave the reader in no doubt about the complexity or magnitude of problems the EU faces in taking CFSP forward. In offering understanding rather than easy answers the book makes a valuable contribution to the literature.′ - Political Studies