America The Eu And Strategic Culture

This book examines transatlantic security relations after the Cold War, and how this has influenced the development of an EU strategic culture. This book is a survey and examination of the role played by the US in specific EU security polices and the forming of an EU strategic culture after the cold war. The work is written with three aims in mind: first, to explore the possibilities and restrictions on EU security policy imposed by its most important ally, the United States; second, to examine the US techniques of influence; third, to assess which explanations best capture the scales of power and influence in transatlantic relations during the period. The book analyses three important case studies of transatlantic security relations - Kosovo, Iraq and the enlargement of the EU and NATO - to assess the level of American influence on the growth of EU security culture. This book will be of interest to students of transtlantic security, EU politics, and US foreign policy, as well as students of IR in general.