The contributors to this volume discuss how a West European security union would fit into the trans Atlantic and trans-European settings. Representatives from each of the West European NATO and EC member countries contribute their national views on the subject while representatives of major institutions (European Political Cooperation, the European Parliament, NATO and the West European Union) offer their international perspectives.

Mathias Jopp (Author) , Reinhard Rummel (Author)

Part 1 Scope of challenges: West European integration and security co-operation - converging and diverging trends. Part 2 Central European and Mediterranean security policy perspectives: regional perspectives; the Central European view; security challenges in the Mediterranean NATO member countries; national views - Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey. Part 3 International responses - frameworks for security co-operation in Western Europe: European political co-operation; the European Parliament; NATO; the West European Union. Part 4 Conclusions and perspectives: thinking beyond a West European pillar.