1st Edition

Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations

Edited By Roland Dannreuther, John Peterson Copyright 2006
    280 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    280 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    In this much-needed study of current strategic thinking on both sides of the Atlantic, a diverse collection of leading European and American analysts are assembled to tackle key questions that remain unanswered in the existing literature:

    • how much do new security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy doctrine?
    • what tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to new security strategies?
    • what are the implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions?
    • what are the prospects for collective transatlantic action?

    The legacy of 9/11 is scrutinized against the backdrop of the strategic thinking that preceded it. In the 1990s, the US struggled to develop a new doctrine for American foreign policy, seeking at various times to promote a ‘New World Order’ or ‘democratic enlargement’. For its part, the EU had tried to underpin its new Common Foreign and Security Policy with a coherent set of ‘European values’ – multilateralism, human rights, environmental protection, and poverty reduction – that were best defended via collective European action. Key continuities and changes in these transatlantic efforts since 9/11 are clearly identified and closely examined.

     

    1, John Peterson and Roland Dannreuther- ‘Introduction: Security Strategy as Doctrine?’

    2, Ronald D Asmus- ‘The European Security Strategy: an American View’

    3, Jolyon Howorth- ‘The US National Security Strategy: European Reactions’

    4, Fraser Cameron- ‘Security Strategy: What Roles for Institutions?’

    5, Sèan Molloy- ‘Security Strategy and the "War on Terror"’

    6, Anoush Ehteshami- ‘The Middle East and Security Strategy’

    7, Luke March- ‘Security Strategy and the "Russia problem"’

    8, Alyson J. K. Bailes- ‘China and Security Strategy’

    9, Chad Damro- ‘Security Strategy and the Arms Industry’

    10, Annika Bergman and John Peterson- ‘Security strategy, ESDP, and non-aligned states’

    11, James H. Wyllie- ‘Measuring Up: the Strategies as Strategy’

    12, Roland Dannreuther and John Peterson- ‘Conclusion: Alliance Dead or Alive?’

    Appendix 1 The National Security Strategy of the United States

    Appendix 2 The European Security Strategy

    Biography

    Roland Dannreuther is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. John Peterson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Edinburgh.