This book investigates the institutional and operational development of the Western European Union (WEU) and its proposed enlargement. It assesses the motivations of its leading members and the progress made toward enhancing the WEU's role in the 1996-97 Intergovernmental Conference.

Rees, G. Wyn; Rees, G Wyn

Introduction -- The History of the WEU -- Revitalisation in the 1980s -- Post Cold War to Maastricht -- Relations Between the WEU and the European Union -- Relations Between the WEU and NATO -- The Enlargement of the WEU -- The Inter-governmental Conference and the WEU -- Conclusion