Reorganizing Eastern Europe: European Institutions and the Refashioning of Europe's Security Architecture
Andrew J. WilliamsOverview
The particular, but not exclusive, focus of this book is on the way that old and new European 'institutions' have borne up under the strain of rapid change in Europe since the end of the Cold War. The definition of 'institution' is quite widely drawn here, to include neutrality and 'regime' building (as in the Mediterranean). Although there have been many recent books looking at the 'New Europe', there has so far not been an examination of the institutional response in quite such detail as is intended here. The goal of this collection is to bring together the collective research of a variety of European experts on such institutions. Particular emphasis is given to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), while not forgetting the European Community (EC), and the newer actors on an ever more crowded stage.Synopsis
The particular, but not exclusive, focus of this book is on the way that old and new European 'institutions' have borne up under the strain of rapid change in Europe since the end of the Cold War. The definition of 'institution' is quite widely drawn here, to include neutrality and 'regime' building (as in the Mediterranean). Although there have been many recent books looking at the 'New Europe', there has so far not been an examination of the institutional response in quite such detail as is intended here. The goal of this collection is to bring together the collective research of a variety of European experts on such institutions. Particular emphasis is given to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), while not forgetting the European Community (EC), and the newer actors on an ever more crowded stage.