Europe In The Balance

The Story

This book masterfully brings into focus all of the separately debated issues that must be addressed together to secure the peace that was won in the Cold War: NATO enlargement, challenges to cohesion within the European Union, the strength of the U.S.-Europe connection, reform and stability in Eastern Europe, and Russia's role in Europe. The author, formerly director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, is diplomatic correspondent for the German weekly Die Zeit. 'Among the alphabet soup of European and Transatlantic structures, Christoph Bertram correctly sees that NATO and the European Union are the key. Europe in the Balance, in which he argues strongly for their strengthening and expansion, provides a careful analysis that is required reading for understanding the debates about Europe's future--and America's.' Harold Brown, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense 'Provides an admirable exploration of the dilemmas that bedevil Europe and the United States in trying to imagine and foster some new set of institutional arrangements to promote stability, democracy, and prosperity in the new European scene.' David P. Calleo, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University