In this comprehensive study, specialists from all eighteen countries of non-Communist Europe address and examine alternative security scenarios over the next thirty years. Each contributor has written a chapter in which he or she analyzes threat perceptions in a national context and evaluates various prescriptions for improving the security situation within a long-term framework. In addition, the contributors propose a series of concrete measures for building a stronger European consciousness in the security and defense area. This volume also contains bibliographic information on research institutions and recent books in the field.

ROBERT S. RUDNEY is Research Associate in the Division of International Relations at Leuven.

LUC REYCHLER is Professor of Political Science at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.