G?LNUR AYBET, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. She previously worked at the IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies) and the NAA (North Atlantic Assembly). She has published a monograph on 'Turkey's Foreign Policy and its Implications for the West' and articles on NATO's southern flank and the CFE Treaty.

Sharply focused and illuminating...a convincing analysis based on sound judgement and detailed evidence...The detailed analysis of the architecture of European security and of the perceptions and security interests of national policymakers are some of the many strengths of this book. - European History Quarterly

• List of Diagrams Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction Theories of Integration The Origins of Postwar Integration The Testing Ground for Post War European Integration: the 1950s The Search for a European Dimension in the Alliance: the 1960s and 1970s The Abandonment-Entrapment Years: the 1980s Security Cooperation in the 1990s: Which Europe? Conclusion Notes Bibliography