Graham Timmins Livres

The Politics of the New Germany takes a new approach to understanding politics in the post-unification Federal Republic. Assuming only elementary knowledge, it focuses on debates and issues in order to help students understand both the workings of Germany's key institutions and some of the key policy challenges facing German politicians.Written in a straightforward style by four experts, each of the chapters draws on a rich variety of real-world examples. Packed with boxed summaries of key points, a guide to further reading and a range of seminar questions for discussion at the end of each chapter, this book highlights both the challenges and opportunities facing policy-makers in such areas as foreign affairs, economic policy, immigration, identity politics and institutional reforms. The book also takes a bird's-eye view of the big debates that define German politics over time, regardless of which party happens to be in power. It pinpoints three key themes that have characterised German politics over the last sixty years; reconciliation, consensus and transformation.

This study of EU and NATO enlargement sets both in a comparative context and considers them against a backdrop of the evolution of a pan-European security community. The book is divided into two parts. In the first, the authors examine and discuss the EU and NATO enlargement processes and the incremental linkage which has developed between them. The major issues and challenges facing the two institutions as they ponder the next steps in enlargement are also assessed.

This timely book considers the topical issue of the enlargement processes of the European Union and NATO. The contributors examine issues including: the dual enlargement process and German and Russian relationships with it; NATO and the pan-European security agenda; East European reactions to enlargement; and concepts of security in the new Europe. This book provides a cohesive overview of the pan-European security debate and is an essential resource for students and academics interested in the development of the European Union.

Focusing on the historical context of the European Union's eastern relations post-Cold War, the book examines both the achievements and failures of the EU's strategic approach. It highlights four key factors influencing EU policies: the projection of peace and stability, internal stability maintenance, coordination of member state foreign policies, and relations with Russia. The author addresses challenges such as capacity building, managing expectations, and reconciling national agendas with EU strategies, concluding that the EU's relationship with its eastern neighbors will remain complex and unpredictable.