Unraveling the European Security and Defense Policy Conundrum

The Editors: Prof. Dr. Joachim Krause is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Security Studies at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wenger is Professor of International and Swiss Security Policy and Director of the Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich).
Lisa Watanabe is a research assistant at the Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) and a doctoral student at York University, Toronto.

Contents: Christina V. Balis: The State of European Defense and Security Policy. After the Laeken Summit - Tania M. Chacho: Implementing the Headline Goals: The Military Aspect - Giovanna Bono: Implementing the Headline Goals: The Institutional Dimension - Jennifer Medcalf: Cooperation Between the EU and NATO - Vladimir Bilcik: ESDP and the Security Policy Priorities and Perspectives of Central European EU Candidate States - Hajnalka Vincze: A Stronger Military Role for the EU in the Balkans? - Serhat Güvenç: The Limits and Possibilities of a Military Role for the EU in the Middle East - Timothy N. Williams: EU-NATO Cooperation in the Fight Against Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism - Samantha Paige Davis: The Long-term Outlook for NATO and ESDP: Moving Toward Tighter Cooperation or the Breakup of the Western Alliance?