The Western European Union in the 1990s: Searching for a Role

Abstract

The growth in European defense integration since the latter 1980s has become a vexing issue for U.S. policymakers. U.S. policy has long supported European integration as a means to underwriting stability on that important continent. However, with the end of the Cold War, the value of NATO as an agent and means for pursuing U.S. security and diplomatic objectives in Europe has increased, at a time when its inherent value is continuously being questioned. It is little wonder, therefore, that initiatives to expand and increase Western European defense activities and perogatives are seen as being inimical to NATO and, therefore, U.S. interests. A better factual understanding of the Western European Union (WEU), and of initiatives for European defense integration and associated problems, is of interest to the defense community and to the U.S. Army, as well.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273151

Entities

People

  • Peter Schmidt

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe
  • European Union
  • Force Structure
  • Germany
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Military Organizations
  • Nato
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Western Europe

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  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies