Overview

This study surveys post-World War II efforts to enhance practical co-operation among European countries in the provision and use of military forces. The author, a former UK defence official, begins with the earliest proposals for co-operation in 1947 and provides a succinct summary of collective security efforts since then. The main focus of the study is the European Defence and Security Policy (EDSP) project launched by European Union heads of government at their Cologne meeting in June 1999. Quinlan reviews the major issues and future prospects regarding this important initiative, and argues for a collective European defence that will complement but not supersede the role of NATO.

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<p> Quinlan's interpretation takes pains to present all sides of the issue without editorial, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of current European defence planning. -- Alex Wieland, The European Journal

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Sir Michael Quinlan is a leading expert on international security. During his thirty-eight-year career in the British civil service, he worked extensively in NATO and on NATO issues. In 1988 he was appointed as the Permanent Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Defense, the ministry's highest-ranking nonpolitical civilian. From 1992 to 1999 he was director of the Ditchley Foundation, a privately funded institution focusing on international public policy issues. In fall of 2000 he was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

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