Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations

ISBN 10: 0415401909 / ISBN 13: 9780415401906

Published by Routledge, 2006

About this Item

Tackles key questions such as: how much do security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy doctrine? What tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to security strategies? What are the implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions? Editor(s): Dannreuther, Roland; Peterson, John. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567. . 2006. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415401909
• ISBN 13: 9780415401906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic, a diverse collection of leading European and American analysts are assembled to tackle key questions that remain unanswered in the existing literature:

• how much do new security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy doctrine?
• what tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to new security strategies?
• what are the implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions?
• what are the prospects for collective transatlantic action?

The legacy of 9/11 is scrutinized against the backdrop of the strategic thinking that preceded it. In the 1990s, the US struggled to develop a new doctrine for American foreign policy, seeking at various times to promote a ‘New World Order’ or ‘democratic enlargement’. For its part, the EU had tried to underpin its new Common Foreign and Security Policy with a coherent set of ‘European values’ – multilateralism, human rights, environmental protection, and poverty reduction – that were best defended via collective European action. Key continuities and changes in these transatlantic efforts since 9/11 are clearly identified and closely examined.

About the Author

Roland Dannreuther is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. John Peterson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Edinburgh.