The Future of European Security

Brings together a number of prominent American and European policy-makers and analysts to examine the key issues involved in the "new political thinking" about Europe's security. The overall picture is optimistic, but events such as the Yugoslav civil war suggest perhaps a more dangerous future.

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An era of potential change, J. Philip Rogers. Part 1 Potential Threats to Peace: what future for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States?, Peter Reddaway; the disintegration of the USSR - implications for European security, J. Philip Rogers; Central European security, Joshua Spero; neither a pawn nor a superpower - a new security arrangement for Germany in Europe, Ingo Peters; immigration, hypernationalism, and European security, Gallya Lahav; offense-defense balance, force-to-space ratios and defense effectiveness, Stephen Biddle. Part 2 Responses to threats: peacekeeping in the new Europe - lessons from Yugoslavia, James Goodby; new components of the European security system - the roles of CFE, NATO, EC and CSCE in European security, Jonathan Dean; the negotiations on confidence and security-building measures - the Vienna Agreement and beyond, Bruce George and John Borawski; CFE and the future of NATO, Phil Williams; congressional attitudes on the future of European security - the burden-sharing debate in various guises, Stanley Sloan; defining a new role for America in Europe, Jennone Walker; peace in our time - the case for qualified optimism, J. Philip Rogers.