European Union in the Security of Europe

Name: European Union in the Security of Europe
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The European Union in the Security of EuropeFrom Cold War to Terror War\nAuthor(s): Steve Marsh, Wyn Rees\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415341226, 978-0415341226\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the European Unions contribution to providing security in Europe amidst an increasingly complex and challenging environment.\n\nIn this new and comprehensive guide to the EU's role in security since the end of the Cold War, the authors offer an explanation of EU internal and external security regimes, and argue that the Union has become an important exporter of security within its region. However, the Unions rhetorical ambitions and commitments continue to outstrip its capabilities and it lacks both a common conceptualisation of security and a meaningful, shared strategic culture. Drawing extensively on primary sources the book examines the Unions relations with the US and Russia in a time of shifting geostrategic calcula.