International Politics in Europe: The New Agenda

Throughout much of Europe the preoccupation with military security that dominated political thinking after the end of the Second World War has given way to an emphasis upon mutual interdependence. But what does this mean, both theoretically and practically, terms of a `new' agenda? The focus of this book is upon four main issues:

* economic development

* security

* the environment

* human rights

These are of course not in themselves new issues, but during the period of the Cold War they were sub...