The growth of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the
European Union, and in particular its military dimension during recent years,
has been the subject of much public debate. Meanwhile, the parallel
development of an external intelligence structure in the Council of the EU has
hardly been noticed.
The present book assesses the significance of intelligence co-operation
between Member States in a Union that is assuming increasing responsibility
in the international security environment, and its implications for existing
security alliances. It describes the founding process of the...