The European Security and Defense Policy: NATO's Companion - or Competitor?
Abstract
This study is the product of more than two years' research and writing as part of a wider National Defense Research Institute-financed project on overall U.S. engagement in European security and institutional arrangements across the Atlantic. It relies heavily on the author's background, which includes a doctoral dissertation at the London School of Economics (1969) on the origins of the Brussels Treaty - the forerunner of Western European Union (WEU) and, hence, the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP); responsibility for both NATO and European community affairs at the National Security Council (1977-79); and service as U.S. ambassador to NATO and representative of the United States to the WEU (1993-98), during which time the author played a key role in formulating U.S. policy toward the European pillar and negotiated for the United States new arrangements between NATO and WEU - as the then executive agent for what is now called the European Unions ESDP.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- AD1147600
Entities
People
- Robert E. Hunter
Organizations
- RAND Corporation