European Security Since the fall of the Berlin Wall / / ed. by Frédéric Mérand, Martial Foucault, Bastien Irondelle.

• MitwirkendeR: Biscop, Sven,; Breuer, Fabian,; De Franco, Chiara,; Forster, Anthony,; Fortmann, Michel,; Foucault, Martial,; Gheciu, Alexandra,; Giegerich, Bastian,; Gross, Eva,; Irondelle, Bastien,; Jegen, Maya,; Musu, Costanza,; Mérand, Frédéric,; Ojanen, Hanna,; Pantucci, Raffaello,; Pouliot, Vincent,; Rynning, Sten,; Schroeder, Ursula C.,; Vennesson, Pascal,; Von Hlatky, Stefanie,
• HerausgeberIn: Foucault, Martial ,; Irondelle, Bastien,; Mérand, Frédéric,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: European Union Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

There have been dramatic changes to the landscape of European security in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essays in European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall collectively take stock of how approaches to security in Europe have changed, both in practice and in theory, since the end of the Cold War.Organized into three sections, this collection begins with an exploration of the broad changes in Europe's security environment relating to issues such as terrorism and the rising importance of energy security. The second section describes the adaptations of Europe's institutional framework, including the transformation of NATO and the evolution of European armed forces, while the closing essays examine regional security issues with the Middle East, the Balkans, and Russia. Covering a broad spectrum of theoretical approaches and written in a clear, engaging style, European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall will illuminate European security debates for years to come.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Theorizing Change in the European Security Environment -- PART ONE: THE NEW SECURITY ENVIRONMENT -- 2. Towards Security? The Politics of Managing Risks in Twenty-First-Century Europe -- 3. Understanding the Islamist Terrorist Threat to Europe -- 4. Nuclear Weapons in Today's Europe: The Debate That Nobody Wants -- 5. Energy and Security in the European Union -- PART TWO: THE TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPEAN SECURITY INSTITUTIONS -- 6. Global Europe: An Emerging Strategic Actor -- 7. European Defence: Functional Transformation Under Way -- 8. Geopolitics and the Atlantic Alliance -- 9. The Transformation of European Armed Forces -- 10. Is There a European Way of War? -- PART THREE: REGIONAL CHALLENGES: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY -- 11. The Year NATO Lost Russia -- 12. Explaining EU Foreign Policy towards the Western Balkans -- 13. European Security and the Middle East Peace Process -- 14. The Dynamics of European Security: A Research Agenda -- Contributors -- Index