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In the post-Cold war period new security threats have arisen in Western Europe. Amongst these, organized crime and illegal immigration are acknowledged to represent significant security challenges. The European Union and Internal Security analyses the nature of these challenges and investigates how the EU has been evolving to counter them. Written by experts in the fields of political science and law, this book addresses a hitherto neglected area of study.

This study compares two authoritarian "settler states", and the "post-settler states" that arose after major transfers of power. Northern Ireland before 1972 and Rhodesia before 1980 were governed by regimes that showed precious little hesitation in the use of force when it was deemed necessary or expedient. Both states met their demise in the 1970s after a period of political disorder and insurgent challenges. Britain intervened in each case, albeit belatedly, to resolve the conflict and restore political stability. The outcome of the crisis period in Zimbabwe was a negotiated decolonization agreement, the removal of settler political power, a new constitutional framework, and the formal democratization of the polity. In Northern Ireland, the crisis resulted in recolonization and Direct Rule by Britain, and the abolition of local democracy