Following the end of its Cold War division, Europe's traditional security problem of war between European states is being displaced by a new set of challenges with which peoples, governments, and organizations like the EU and NATO are only beginning to come to terms. This broad-ranging new text develops a comprehensive framework for understanding the key security issues and dilemmas confronting Europe in the twenty-first century.

Praise

"A comprehensive and cogent assessment. It has the great merit, without minimising the troubling global and domestic issues that need to be addressed, of focussing our attention on the successful development of Europe as a 'security community' and just how much, in terms of their security and well-being, the end of the Cold War has turned out to be a Good Thing for most Europeans most of the time." -- Lawrence Freedman, King's College London

About the Author(s)

Andrew Cottey

ANDREW COTTEY is Senior Lecturer and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration in the Department of Government, University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Table of Contents

Security in the New Europe * The New Global Security Agenda * Europe and America: The End of Era? * The EU and the Europeanisation of European Security * Russia: Partner or Problem for European Security? * The Challenge of Intervention: Yugoslavia and Beyond * The Proliferation Problem: Preventing and Managing the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction * The New Terrorism * 'Soft' Security?: Migration, Economics and Environment * Conclusion