9 The Defense Dimension of the European Union: The Role and Performance of the WEU

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1 From EPC to CFSP: Does Maastricht Push the EU Toward a Role as a Global Power? 1
6. Part 1 History: From EPC to CFSP
7. 2 Two Decades of EPC Performance 19
8. 3 The Creation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy 41
9. Part 2 Institutions: The Stage and the Players
10. 4 The Institutional Setup and Functioning of EPC/CFSP 67
11. 5 The Actors Involved: National Perspectives 85
12. 6 Where the European Commission Comes In: From the Single European Act to Maastricht 99
13. 7 The Association of the European Parliament: No Longer the Underdog in EPC? 109
14. 8 The Question of Consistency 133
15. 9 The Defense Dimension of the European Union: The Role and Performance of the WEU 153
16. Part 3 To Act or Not to Act?
17. 10 The Potential and Limits of the CFSP: The Yugoslav Example 173
18. 11 Relations with Central and Eastern European Countries: The Anchor Role of the European Union 197
19. 12 EPC/CFSP, the Soviet Union, and the Former Soviet Republics: Do the Twelve Have a Coherent Policy? 219
20. 13 The Twelve/Fifteen’s Conference Diplomacy: Has the CSCE/OSCE Remained a Successful Platform? 237
21. 14 Political Dialogue with Third Countries and Regional Political Groupings: The Fifteen as an Attractive Interlocutor 263
22. 15 The Twelve, the United Nations, and Somalia: The Mirage of Global Intervention 275
23. 16 Transatlantic Dimensions of CFSP: The Culture of Foreign Policy Cooperation 297
24. Part 4 The Future: Challenges and Limitations
25. 17 The Potential and Limits of CFSP: What Comes Next? 321
26. 18 Enlargement as a Challenge and Incentive for Reform 335
27. 19 The Intergovernmental Conference 1996: How to Reform CFSP? 363
28. Appendix: Title V, Article J, of the Treaty on European Union: Provisions on a Common Foreign and Security Policy 383
29. The Contributors 389
30. Index 391
31. About the Book 406