The search for a common European foreign and security policy : leaders, cognitions and questions of institutional viability / Akan Malici.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-216) and index.

Pt. I. The Argument -- 1. Political Leadership and Security Integration -- The Argument in Brief -- The Institutional Evolution of European Security -- The Institutional Problematique -- Relevance -- Plan of the Book -- 2. A Cognitive Theory of Institutional Viability -- Leaders and International Institutions -- Institutions as Shared Mental Models -- Forming Mental Models -- Discerning Mental Models -- Manifestations of Mental Models -- Pt. II. The Cases -- 3. The Kosovo War -- The Origins of the Kosovo Crisis -- Internationalization of the Conflict -- Mental Models in the Kosovo Crisis -- France -- Great Britain -- Germany -- Conclusion -- 4. The Afghanistan War -- The Origins of the War -- Internationalization of the Conflict -- Mental Models After 9/11 -- France -- Great Britain -- Germany -- Conclusion -- 5. The Iraq War -- The Origins of the Iraq Crisis -- Internationalization of the Crisis -- Mental Models in the Iraq Crisis -- France -- Great Britain -- Germany -- Conclusion -- Pt. III. The Implications -- 6. Conclusions and Implications: A European Common Foreign and Security Policy? -- The Lessons of Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- The Crisis with Iran -- The Crisis with North Korea -- Theorizing Europe's Common Foreign and Security Policy -- Questions of World Order.