The EU's search for a strategic role : ESDP and its implications for transatlantic relations / edited by Esther Brimmer.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Javier Solana -- Introduction / Esther Brimmer -- "Security through engagement" : the worldview underlying ESDP / Gerd Föhrenbach -- ESDP and EU enlargement / Michael Quinlan -- ESDP and multilateral security organizations : working with NATO, the UN, and OSCE / Marc Otte -- Counting Capabilities : what for? / Antonio Missiroli -- Projecting European power : a European view / Ralph Thiele -- Russia's role in the ESDP / Tuomas Forsberg -- ESDP and international peacekeeping / Esther Brimmer.

ESDP and global security challenges : will there be a "division of labor" between Europe and the United States? / Bruno Tertrais -- A European view of the U.S. and ESDP / Peter van Ham -- American views of European Security and Defense Policy / Daniel Hamilton -- Conclusion / Esther Brimmer -- Afterword / Klaus Scharioth -- Basic concepts of European defense policy / Bruno Tertrais.