Defending Europe: The EU, NATO, and the Quest for European Autonomy (Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series)

Defending Europe seeks to clarify the competing ambitions, the contrasting visions and the trans-Atlantic tensions related to the recent quest by Europe for autonomy in the sphere of security and defense. Scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explore the development of ESDI within NATO, the revival of the WEU and the launch of the EU's Common European Security and Defense Policy. Among the issues discussed are the Euro-American capabilities gap, concerns regarding decoupling, discrimination, and duplication, and the complications posed by NATO/EU enlargement. Two contrary conclusions debate whether ESDP is more likely to strengthen or undermine the Atlantic Alliance. This informative foray into the trans-Atlantic security and defense issues is a crucial addition to the ongoing dialogue concerning this shifting and evolving relationship.

FREDERIC BOZO Professor of History, University of Nantes and Senior Research Associate, Institut Francais des Relations Internationales, Paris, France JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH Research Fellow, Western European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, France ANAND MENON Professor of Politics and Director of the European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, UK ALEXANDER MOENS Associate Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada KORI SCHAKE Senior Research Professor, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington D.C, USA and Member, National Security Council staff TERRY TERRIFF Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK SUUNIVA TOFTE Doctoral Student in European Studies, University of Bath, UK MARK WEBBER Senior Lecturer, Department of European Studies, University of Loughborough, UK DAVID YOST Professor of Security Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA