This full-term study of the Western European Union (WEU) brings to
life the history of Europe's search for a co-operative security and
defence order, from its post World War II origins to the present
day. Establishing the WEU as a support organization, designed to
promote the two security "ideas" of collective defence and
integration through the primary organizations of Alliance and
Community, this book offers a window onto the challenges faced in
the development and management of NATO and the evolving EC/EU over
time. As the WEU's historical journey unfolds, the frequently
competing visions of the future organization of the European
security space are exposed in the fluctuating nature of its own
functional evolution and devolution. A hybrid organization driven
by its dual support role, the constructively ambiguous and
conveniently autonomous WEU was to provide a mechanism through
which divergent interests could converge and inherent tensions be
relieved, preventing NATO and EC/EU stagnation. This book offers
fresh insight into the means by which the gradual transformation of
the institutional framework of European security was enabled, and
stakes the WEU's claim as a fundamental and life-long contributor
to the stability of the European security system.
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