Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Part 1European Security Conceptualized -- 1 Transatlantic Security Values: Hegemonic Versus Shared Power -- 2 Historical Precedents for the Current European Security and Defense Policy -- 3 Symbolic Security: Europe Takes a Human Face -- 4 European Security and Defense Policy: The EU's Search for a Strategic Role -- 5 European Security Institutions and Structures -- 6 NATO's Transformation -- 7 European Security and Defense Policy: Capabilities for a Complex World -- Part 2 European Security in Action -- 8 The European Union in the Balkans: From Intervention to Accession -- 9 The European Union and The Middle East: The Benefits of Soft Power -- 10 The European Union and the Russian Federation -- 11 Latin American Security: European Perspectives and Approaches -- 12 Conclusions -- Index.