Crafting EU Security Policy : : In Pursuit of a European Identity / / Stephanie B. Anderson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Anderson, Stephanie B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 p.)

In the absence of external security threats—and especially given that most of the EU member states are also members of NATO—what explains the European Union's commitment to a distinct, common security policy? What justifies channeling funds from cash-strapped European governments to finance that policy? Ranging from the early post -Cold War years to the present, Stephanie Anderson explores the arguably surprising motivation behind the EU's security and defense policy, how the ESDP has developed, how it has transformed the EU, and how it might further the European integration project.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Paradox of the European Security and Defense Policy -- 2 Why the EU Needs the ESDP: Contending Explanations -- 3 Nation Building and the ESDP -- 4 The Role of the United States -- 5 Politicians and the ESDP: Explaining the Rhetoric -- 6 The ESDP’s Institutional Structure -- 7 Security Policy and the Future of the European Union -- Appendix: Public Opinion on the Common Defense and Security Policy -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book