The Rise of European Security Cooperation

A systematic and comprehensive analysis of the significant increase in security cooperation among European states.

Seth G. Jones (Author)

9780521689854, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 1 February 2007

310 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'Seth Jones's newest work accomplishes one of the rarest feats: it offers sharp, counterintuitive analysis that is amply researched and elegantly argued. Jones not only offers a convincing analysis of the forces that have encouraged European security cooperation, but he leaves his reader with a solid grasp of its future dimensions. The Rise of European Security Cooperation is required reading for anyone who seeks to understand the surprising underpinnings of Europe's security cooperation - past, present or future.' William J. Dobson, Managing Editor of Foreign Policy

One of the most striking developments in recent international politics has been the significant increase in security cooperation among European Union states. Seth Jones argues that this increase in cooperation, in areas such as economic sanctions, weapons production and collaboration among military forces, has occurred because of the changing structure of the international and regional systems. Since the end of the Cold War, the international system has shifted from a bipolar to a unipolar structure characterized by United States dominance. This has caused EU states to cooperate in the security realm to increase their ability to project power abroad and to decrease reliance on the US. Furthermore, European leaders in the early 1990s adopted a 'binding' strategy to ensure long-term peace on the continent, suggesting that security cooperation is caused by a desire to preserve peace in Europe whilst building power abroad.

1. Introduction
2. Power and security cooperation
3. Security institutions
4. Economic sanctions
5. Arms production
6. Military forces
7. The tragedy of US-European relations.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS], Comparative politics [JPB], Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], European history [HBJD], Regional studies [GTB]