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Introduction -- Liberalism and the end of the cold war -- Realist international theory -- Anarchy and power in the European security system -- Transatlantic relations and continental drift -- Western Europe: the limits of integration -- Germany: Europe's Zentralmacht -- Russia, Eastern Europe and Mitteleuropa -- Realism, tragedy and ethics -- Bibliography -- Index

Combining a sophisticated theoretical analysis with detailed empirical case-studies, this book provides an original view of the challenges and threats to a stable peace order in Europe. The end of Cold War bipolarity has transformed Europe. Using structural realist theory, Adrian Hyde-Price analyzes the new security agenda confronting Europe in the twenty-first century. Europe, he argues, is not 'primed for peace' as mainstream thinking suggests, rather, it faces new security threats and the challenge of multipolarity. This critical and original volume looks at European securi.