Divided West European Security and the

This book analyses the genesis and process through which transatlantic strategic dissonance now defines a divided West. It contends that constructive strategic dissonance has the potential to best manage a complex and pressing global security agenda. Reflects on the bitter disputes that have crystallized across the Atlantic after 9/11 and the rise of terrorist, WMD and failed state threats. Structured around the concepts of 'Atlantic', 'Core', 'New' 'Non-aligned' and 'Periphery' Europe that have emerged in the wake of these disputes. Identifies the trends and factors that have driven and could further propel the Euro-Atlantic security community towards different futures. Analyses the security policy implications of each scenario for states within this region.

Dr Tuomas Forsberg is Acting Professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki and adjunct professor at the University of Lapland. Between 2002 and 2004 he was Professor of Western European Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Prior to that he worked as senior researcher and acting director at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He gained his PhD at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1998. His research has dealt primarily with European security issues, focusing on ESDP, Germany, Russia and Northern Europe and he has published in journals including Co-operation and Conflict, European Security, Geopolitics, Journal of Peace Research, Political Science Quarterly, Review of International Studies and Security Dialogue. His most recent publication is Finland and Crises: From the Years of Danger to the Terrorist Attacks (2003).

Dr Graeme P. Herd is a resident Faculty Member at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and is involved with expert training in comprehensive international peace and security policy for mid-career diplomats, military officers, and civil servants from foreign, defence, and other relevant ministries, as well as from international organizations. He is also an Associate Fellow of the International Security Programme at Chatham House. Between 2002 and 2005 he was Professor of Civil-Military Relations, Associate Director, Senior Executive Seminar and Faculty Director of Research at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He has published extensively on aspects of contemporary security politics, particularly on post-Soviet space, in journals including Armed Forces & Society, Co-operation and Conflict, European Security, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Mediterranean Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Security Dialogue, and The World Today. His books include Russia and the Regions: Strength through Weakness (2003) and Soft Security Threats and European Security (2005), co-edited with Anne Aldis. His latest book is forthcoming in 2006 and focuses on countering ideological support for terrorism.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
About the authors	p. x
The divided West: challenges, obstacles and dilemmas	p. 1
Strategic divorce, realignment or dissonance?	p. 3
Transatlantic relations: dynamics of strategic divorce or renewal?	p. 7
Structure of the book	p. 17
Theory and the transatlantic crisis	p. 20
Distribution of power and threat	p. 22
Values, institutions and domestic politics	p. 25
Psychology and identity construction	p. 29
The limits of theoretical perspectives	p. 32
Conclusions: theory and practice	p. 35
'Atlantic Europe': the UK, the US and European security	p. 37
The 'special relationship'	p. 38
9/11 and Afghanistan ('We are all Atlanticists now')	p. 41
Iraq and the 'special relationship': Atlanticism undermined?	p. 43
Bush, Atlanticism and managing post-Iraq transatlantic relations	p. 47
Conclusions: 'Atlantic Europe' redux?	p. 50
'Core Europe': Germany's national interest, transatlantic relations and European security	p. 52
Unilateralism and German-US relations	p. 54
Foreign policy counterbalance or normalization?	p. 60
Conclusions: Germany as a security partner	p. 64
'New Europe' and transatlantic relations	p. 68
'Old Europe',' New Europe'	p. 68
'New Europe's' Atlanticism and its impact on the CFSP	p. 69
NATO integration and US strategic partnership	p. 78
Conclusions: dynamics of inclusion or disillusion?	p. 85
'Non-aligned Europe' and transatlantic relations	p. 87
The global war on terrorism: an existential threat to non-alignment?	p. 87
9/11 and Afghanistan: 'For US or against US?'	p. 89
Iraq: non-alignment and preventive war	p. 93
The EU, the ESDP and 'Non-aligned Europe': death by a thousand cuts?	p. 96
Non-aligned Europe and transatlantic relations	p. 99
Conclusions: post-Iraq non-alignment and European security	p. 102
'Periphery Europe': Russia and transatlantic security	p. 104
Russia-NATO relations before 9/11	p. 106
Post-9/11: real strategic partnership?	p. 107
Russia-EU relations before 9/11	p. 111
Russia-EU relations post-9/11: dynamics of transatlantic conflict?	p. 112
Conclusions: values, interests and realpolitik	p. 118
Transatlantic futures in an age of strategic dissonance	p. 121
Five Europes: theory and practice	p. 123
Transatlantic trends: the 'hard' and 'soft' power calculus	p. 128
Extreme scenarios: divorce or realignment?	p. 134
Managing the global security agenda: is grey the colour of hope?	p. 137
Notes	p. 141
Bibliography	p. 160
Index	p. 178
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