In this comprehensive study, specialists from all eighteen countries of non-Communist Europe address and examine alternative security scenarios over the next thirty years. Each contributor has written a chapter in which he or she analyzes threat perceptions in a national context and evaluates various prescriptions for improving the security situation within a long-term framework. In addition, the contributors propose a series of concrete measures for building a stronger European consciousness in the security and defense area. This volume also contains bibliographic information on research...