Weighing in on the euro-austerity debate, this book uses case studies from three countries to evaluate the distinctive politics of fiscal policy and welfare state reform during a key period in Europe.

Europeanizing Greece serves as a perceptive case study of the EU's continual enlargement and resulting regional challenges.

Trygve Ugland's Jean Monnet and Canada argues that the extensive period of time Monnet spent in Canada between 1907 and 1914 had a formative influence on the achievements of his later years, particularly on the institutional 'construction of Europe.'

Three in-depth case studies of CFSP decision-making support Gegout's argument, as she examines the EU position on China's human rights record, EU sanctions against Serbia, and EU relations with NATO in European Foreign and Security Policy.

The essays in European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall collectively take stock of how approaches to security in Europe have changed, both in practice and in theory, since the end of the Cold War.