The Bush administration (1989-1993) and the development of a European security identity / Sophie Vanhoonacker.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-261) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Transatlantic Relations in the Post-Cold War Period: New Challenges Ahead 1 -- Setting the Scene 2 -- Trade: Globalisation versus Regionalisation 4 -- The End of the Cold War 6 -- The Bush Administration 7 -- The Research Question 12 -- What is the Future for the US in Europe? 12 -- The Conceptual Lenses 15 -- Sources 17 -- Structure 18 -- 2 Realism and the End of the Cold War 27 -- The Realist Tradition 29 -- The International System After Berlin 31 -- The "US in Decline" Debate 32 -- Change and the International System 34 -- Maintaining the Pax Americana: Primacy Matters 37 -- Filling the Lippmann Gap 41 -- Primacy or Selective Engagement? 45 -- Selecting the Cases 46 -- 3 The US and the Development of a European Security -- Identity: A Historic Perspective 57 -- Introduction 57 -- The European Defence Community (EDC): -- Setting the Tone 59 -- Background 59 -- Lessons and Consequences of a Failure 61 -- The Fouchet Proposals 64 -- Strains in the Alliance 64 -- President de Gaulle's Dream of a United Europe 66 -- Political Union and the European Communities 67 -- The British Connection 67 -- Political Union Versus NATO 68 -- France Turns to Germany 70 -- An Alternative Approach: Kennedy's Grand Design 70 -- Two Competing Designs 73 -- European Political Cooperation (EPC) 75 -- Origins of the EPC 75 -- The EPC and European Security 80 -- The US Reaction to the EPC: Nixon and the -- "Year of Europe" 82 -- The US and the EPC Beyond 1973 85 -- Conclusion 86 -- 4 American Reactions to Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) 95 -- The Intergovernmental Conference on Political Union 96 -- The Franco-German Linchpin 97 -- From EPC to a Common Foreign and Security Policy 99 -- A Europeanist or Atlanticist Approach? 101 -- Why a Temple Proved Stronger than a Tree 103 -- CFSP as Defined in Maastricht: A First Evaluation 104 -- The Bush Administration and Its Response to CFSP 105 -- A New Europe, A New Atlanticism 105 -- The Transatlantic Declaration 108 -- Washington and German Reunification 110 -- NATO and CFSP: Rivals or Partners? 116 -- France: I'enfant terrible 120 -- External Events Influencing the European and -- Transatlantic Security Debate: The Case of the Gulf Conflict 123 Implementing Rome and Maastricht 127 -- Conclusion 130 -- 5 Transatlantic Relations and the Yugoslav Crisis 147 -- Introduction 147 -- Yugoslavia: An Accident of History? 149 -- The Two Yugoslavias 149 -- The EC and the Yugoslav Crisis 152 -- EC-Yugoslav Relations Prior to the Crisis 154 -- The Crisis Breaks Out 155 -- The Military Option 157 -- Germany Breaks Ranks 159 -- Explaining Germany's Alleingang 163 -- When the UN Comes In 164 -- Lessons for the European Community 167 -- The US and the Yugoslav Crisis 169 -- The Cold War Period 170 -- Keeping Hands Off 173 -- Supporting the European Community 175 -- The Recognition Question 177 -- The War Spreads to Bosnia and Herzegovina 180 -- Strengthening Humanitarian Relief Efforts 181 -- Evaluating the Role of the Bush Administration 184 -- Yugoslavia and the Transatlantic Relationship 186 -- 6 Conclusions 205 -- Maintaining NATO as the Prime European Security -- Organisation 207 -- Washington and CFSP: Mixed Feelings 211 -- Yugoslavia: The First Test for Europe's Emerging -- Security Architecture 214 -- US Policy Towards Western Europe in the Post-Cold -- War Period 219 -- Evaluating the Results 224 -- Is Realism Still Relevant? 226 -- Beyond the Bush Administration 229 -- Bibliography 233 -- Official Documents and Reports 233 -- Speeches 239 -- Interviews 240 -- Case One - American Reactions to CFSP 240 -- Case Two - The Bush Administration and Yugoslavia 240 -- Articles and Books 241 -- Index 263.