Security and Identity in Europe

FULVIO ATTINA Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics and Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Catania, Italy ANDREAS BEHNKE Research Fellow, Political Science Department, University of Stockholm LINDA BISHAI Former lecturer in politics at the Universities of Stockholm, Brunel and the London School of Economics. BRUNO COPPIETERS Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussels PAUL RICH Teacher of Politics, University of Luton PAUL ROE Researcher, Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth MARK SMITH Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Abersytwyth CHARLOTTE WAGNSSON Department of Political Science University of Stockholm

This book explores the crucial relationship between security and identity in a changing Europe. Security and Identity in Europe thus offers an excellent guide to contending theories of international relations and provides innovative insights for students seeking to understand a changing Europe at the beginning of the new millennium.This book explores the crucial relationship between security and identity in a changing Europe. It covers a series of key policy issues, including NATO enlargement, EU integration, war in the Balkans and Russia's uncertain future. This new agenda is explored through a range of theoretical approaches, from traditional realist to social constructivist and postmodern interpretations. Security and Identity in Europe thus offers an excellent guide to contending theories of international relations and provides innovative insights for students seeking to understand a changing Europe at the beginning of the new millennium.