The Europeanization of the Alliance

ISBN-13: 9780367307370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 143 str.

Robbin F. Laird

Opis

This book assesses the dynamics of Europeanization within the Western Alliance in the 1980s, that is, the process of change whereby the key West European states have come to play a growing role within the Alliance. It is the result of interviewing senior officials and specialists in Western Europe.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- The West European Security Cooperation Process: A Conceptual Assessment of Europeanization -- The Revitalization of the Western European Union: Multilateral Europeanization in the 1980s -- Bilateral Europeanization in the 1980s: The European Security Triangle -- The Soviets and the Europenization Challenge: Changing Soviet Policy Toward Western Europe -- The Future of European Nuclear Deterrence -- Rethinking American Defense Policy: Toward a New Alliance Strategy -- France, West Germany and the Future of the Alliance -- The Alliance and the New Europe -- Conclusion

O autorze

Robbin Laird