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We know the quality of the series of books of the Institute of European Studies Editions of the University of Brussels. Several authors have left their mark, as Magnette, Costa, Remacle, Telo, Santander and many others, in studies on European universe. In this collective work led by Marianne Dony, chairwoman of the Institute of european studies (IEE) and funded by the Jean Monnet Action (European Commission) was made up of contributions from three universities - Bologna, Rennes and University Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - involving networked teachers, but also young researchers who were able to present their research. The steps for elaboration of the book were also based on the common organization of three conferences between 2011 and 2012. The book, which builds on the work of the third of these conferences, is composed of contributions in French and English. It is structured in three parts. Adapted from the source document.

In the context of a deadlock in the European Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP), diverse bi- or trilateral initiatives have attempted to revive defense cooperation since 2010: the Franco-British accord, the Franco-German-Polish letter, the German-Swedish letter, etc. These partial axes of cooperation will certainly be useful, but they will not be able to replace the global political will, which alone could permit the carrying out of operations anticipated by the Treaty of Lisbon. Adapted from the source document.

The Western European Union is on its way out. It has played a decisive role in several episodes of the construction of Europe and its common destiny, maintaining a firm approach to questions of security and defence. The WEU's heritage is seen today in the CSDP and the discussion that surrounds it, but has left aside European parliamentary aspects.

The attitudes of European citizens towards the CESDP associated with the ratified Treaty of Lisbon are taking time to develop. Over & above the 'realist' & 'idealist' schools (each of which is over-reductive & simplistic), European public opinion broadly supports this policy through crisis management missions & media intermediaries. Communication policies, however, remain far from perfect, & only too often exclusively national.

The Western European Union, a long time unique intra-European organization competent in defense matters, is being down-sized profiting the European Security and Defense Policies (PESD) & the European agency of armament. Its uncertain future depends on the development of the European constitutional treaty & on the scope of the budgetary economies imposed by the capitals. In the meantime, the UEO survives as prudent referent to the collective defense (with its Article V) & expresses itself through the dynamics of its parliamentary assembly. Adapted from the source document.