The Western European Union: International Politics Between Alliance and Integration (British Politics and Society) - Hardcover

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Rohan, Sally

 
9780714656137: The Western European Union: International Politics Between Alliance and Integration (British Politics and Society)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0714656135 ISBN 13: 9780714656137
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This full-term study of the Western European Union (WEU) brings to life the history of Europe’s search for a co-operative security and defence order, from its post World War II origins to the present day. Establishing the WEU as a support organization, designed to promote the two security "ideas" of collective defence and integration through the primary organizations of Alliance and Community, this book offers a window onto the challenges faced in the development and management of NATO and the evolving EC/EU over time. As the WEU’s historical journey unfolds, the frequently competing visions of the future organization of the European security space are exposed in the fluctuating nature of its own functional evolution and devolution. A hybrid organization driven by its dual support role, the constructively ambiguous and conveniently autonomous WEU was to provide a mechanism through which divergent interests could converge and inherent tensions be relieved, preventing NATO and EC/EU stagnation. This book offers fresh insight into the means by which the gradual transformation of the institutional framework of European security was enabled, and stakes the WEU’s claim as a fundamental and life-long contributor to the stability of the European security system.

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About the Author

Sally Rohan is a European Security specialist and Senior Lecturer with King’s College, London. Based at the UK’s Defence Academy, she has presented widely on European Security issues, has served as UK faculty member of the European Security and Defence College, and is a life-member of the Central European Academy of Science and Art.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0714656135
ISBN 13 
9780714656137
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
408

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