Ireland, Neutrality and European Security Integration Routledge Revivals Series

This title was first published in 2002: Roisin Doherty provides an innovative insight into European security policy by concentrating on Ireland through an analysis of compatibility of Irish neutrality with security integration. She also analyzes the factors influencing security integration. This contemporary analysis of neutrality also deals with the development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and examines the factors pushing forward the development of EU security policy. A specialized text suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in international relations, European studies and administrative studies, this stimulating volume will appeal to those interested in the European Union, Irish foreign policy, neutrality and the CFSP in general.

Contents: Introduction; The meanings of neutrality; Irish attitudes to neutrality from World War Two until the treaty of Maastricht; The dynamics of the CFSP; The European security architecture from Maastricht to Amsterdam; Security and defence aspects of the Amsterdam treaty; Developments in European security after the treaty of Amsterdam; The importance of the partnership for peace for Irish participation in European peacekeeping; Western European Union and defence integration: Ireland’s European security choices; Towards engagement: Irish neutrality and European integration in the new Millennium; Bibliography.

Róisín Doherty