The European Security and Defense Policy: NATO's Companion: Or Competitor?

Abstract

Background -- Introduction -- The grand bargain of Berlin and Brussels -- Beyond Berlin: devil in the details (I) -- St. Malo and beyond -- The three Ds, and a fourth -- Defense capabilities and the defense capabilities initiative -- From Washington to Cologne -- Congress responds -- The Helsinki watershed -- After Helsinki: getting the NATO-EU relationship right -- Practical arrangements: devil in the details (II) -- Parallel tracks -- U.S. concerns crystallize -- Nice and beyond -- The New U.S. administration -- Sorting it out -- Striking the balance: a U.S. view -- Practical steps: building a transatlantic bridge, not a barrier -- Looking to the future.