The New European Security Disorder

460 Pages·1994·38.802 MB·English

by  Simon Duke (auth.)

THE NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY DISORDER
Also by Simon Duke
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for Joint Decision?
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IN EUROPE
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*From the same publishers
The New European
Security Disorder
Simon Duke
Assistant Professor
Political Science Department
The Pennsylvania State University
in association with
Palgrave Macmillan
© Simon Duke 1994
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DOI 10.1057/9780230390157
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Duke, Simon.
The new European security disorder I Simon Duke.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-312-12371-0
I. National security-Europe. 2. Europe-Defenses. 3. Europe-
-Politics and govemment-1989- I. Title.
UA646.D87 1994
355' .0334-dc20 94-21686
CIP
To my parents
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Contents
List of Tables and Figures X
List of Maps XII
Acknowledgements XIII
Abbreviations XV
Introduction 1
Power and Security 3
Which Europe? 10
PART I ASSESSING EUROPE'S SECURITY CONCERNS
1 The Nature of Post-Cold War Security 17
Smoke and mirrors? 19
The search for a new 'ism· 22
2 European Security Challenges in the
Post-Cold War World 29
Weapons proliferation and the nuclear threat from the
ex-Soviet Union 29
Nationalism and irredentism 57
Migratory pressures 69
The role of Germany in any new European security order 82
Implications for the security of Europe 83
Conclusions 88
PART II LEADERSHIP ISSUES IN POST-COLD WAR
EUROPEAN SECURITY
3 European Leadership: A Ship without a Rudder 93
France et ]'Europe des patries 95
France and the end of the Cold War I 00
Into the future 113
Fog in the channel 117
Conclusions 132
4 Germany, Security and the Post-Cold War World 135
Basic law, basic problem 143
Test cases: Bosnia and Somalia 150
German security policy 154
Common security policy? 156
Conclusion 163
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5 The US Role in Europe's Security 165
Primus inter pares 165
Underpaid, underloved, and on the way out? 170
The end of the transatlantic community? 186
Military options for the US in Europe 189
The Bush legacy 194
Conclusion 196
PART III THE NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY DISORDER
6 The 'New Security Architecture' 203
The new security environment 204
A new security architecture? 208
Conclusion 214
7 Euro-Confusion 215
Building Euro-models: round one 215
Building Euro-models: round two 217
The European Community and the Maastricht process 224
The WEU: the EC's 'security branch' 231
The Franco-German Corps: an expensive language school? 241
8 Pan-European Options: The Conference on Security
and Cooperation in Europe 255
From Paris back to Helsinki ... and beyond 256
CSCE and Yugoslavia 267
Interlinking, but obstructive 269
Conclusions 272
9 The Transatlantic Option 275
Changed circumstances: new problems 275
The attempt to transform the Alliance 278
Changing the geographical focus 280
Au revoir or adieu? 286
The New Strategic Concept 288
The role of nuclear weapons 292
The out-of-area problem: NATO's Achilles heel? 295
The North Atlantic Cooperation Council 301
Command and Control 304
NATO revived? The 'Partnership for Peace' 305
Conclusion 311
Contents ix
PART IV PAN-EUROPEAN SECURITY?
10 Democracy without Security 317
Economic assistance and stability 333
The European stability pact 340
Peace by pieces 343
Conclusion 345
11 Lessons for European Security from the Yugoslav
Conflict 347
Leadership and responsibility 35l
Institutional inertia 355
Ramifications of the Bosnian crisis for European
security 364
Conclusion 366
12 Conclusions 368
Appendix I 382
Appendix II 385
Notes and References 39l
Bibliography 433
Index 440