European security in a global context : internal and external dynamics / edited by Thierry Tardy.

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"Transferred to Digital Printing 2010."--T.p. verso of paperback edition

Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-230) and index.

Introduction / Thierry Tardy [Part I, European security: internal dynamics] -- The European Union, a regional security actor with global aspirations / Thierry Tardy -- NATO and the search for strategic credibility / Julian Lindley-French -- Where is the OSCE going? Present role and challenges of a Stealth Security Organisation / Victor-Yves Ghebali -- The changing political geography of Europe: after EU and NATO enlargements / Pal Dunay -- Europe and Russia: from strategic dissonance to strategic divorce? / Graeme P. Herd -- [Part II, European security: external dynamics] -- The United States and Europe: waiting to exhale / Catherine McArdle Kelleher -- Europe and the Middle East: attempting to bridge the divide / Roland Dannreuther -- Africa: still a secondary security challenge to the European Union / Gorm Rye Olsen -- Chinese outlook on European security: towards ideological convergence? / Lanxin Xiang -- Does Europe matter to India? / Christophe Jaffrelot and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu -- Conclusion: The unbearable weight of not being / Francois Heisbourg.

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