European Union Security and Defence: Policies, Operations and Transatlantic Challenges

Part I: The EU Internal - External Security Nexus.- Soft Power, European Security Strategy and Radicalism: Cultural, Religious and Dimensional Challenges.- The Strategic Context of the European Security and Defence Policy.- Securitization: Theoretical Underpinnings and Implications.- Small EU Member States and the European Security and Defence Integration.- Part II: EU Operations: From the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) to the European External Action Service (EEAS).- EU Peace Operations in a Changing World: A Multilayer Evaluation.- European Participation in International Operations: National Decision-Making and the Role of EU Institutions.- The European External Action Service: An Encompassing and Adaptive Agency at the Service of the EU Global Security Strategy?.- The Evolving Role of FRONTEX in Implementing an EU Comprehensive Approach on Security.- The Role of the European Commission / DG ECHO in Crisis Response and Institutional Cooperation for an EU Comprehensive Approach.- Part III: EU, Russia and Transatlantic Challenges.- Russia's Challenges to International Security and the Western Response.- West v. Russia: A Role for Diplomacy.- Transatlantic Relations at a Time of Uncertainty: The Formation of Transatlantic Axis.- Augmenting European Security and Defence: A Multiple Challenge for the EU.- NATO Security Challenges.