The Making of European Security Policy: Between Institutional Dynamics and Global Challenges

This volume addresses how and in what capacity the European Union and its member states are able to respond to fundamental shifts occurring in global politics and remain relevant for the future.

The changing nature of the international system is subject to considerable contestation among scholars, with many claiming that the fundamentals of the post-war international system are being rewritten. This volume brings together prominent scholars in the field of European security to address a range of pertinent issues related to Europe’s role in the context of evolving global challenges. The first section focuses on whether the EU is an actor with a strategic nature and the means to act on a global security strategy. The second section considers the institutional dynamics and the approaches at the EU’s disposal to fulfil its possible intended global roles. The third section addresses Europe’s most important strategic relationship―the partnership it has with the United States. This section considers the recalibration of the transatlantic relationship in light of the changing international system and the reorientation of U.S. foreign policy.

This book will be of much interest to students of European Union policy, European Security policy, European Foreign policy and International Relations in general.

Roberta N. Haar is Professor of Foreign Policy Analysis and Transatlantic Relations, Maastricht University, and the Research Director at University College Maastricht within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Thomas Christiansen is Professor of Political Science and European Integration at Luiss University, Italy, and Part-time Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Sabina Lange is Senior Lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration, the Netherlands, and Associate Professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Sophie Vanhoonacker is Professor in Administrative Governance at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.