Steve Marsh is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Politics Department at Cardiff University. Wyn Rees is Professor of International Security at the University of Nottingham.

"The book is coherently and convincingly structured. The introduction sets up the themes for analysis and argues for a broader security agenda – which would include poverty and disease, environmental problems, immigration, energy and resource insecurity, along with more traditional military threats... The book truly provides a sound and detailed account of the EU’s performance as security provider in Europe, and is very insightful in delineating the rationale, as well as the main problems, behind EU’s policy decisions... A welcome contribution to the literature on the EU’s external relations. Empirically rich, plenty of insightful and compelling observations, it is a recommended reading for any student of EU foreign policy." - Nicola Chelotti, UCL, University of Aberdeen; e-International Relations, October 2012."An excellent study. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and research faculty." - R. P. Peters, University of Massachusetts at Boston, CHOICE

• 1. Introduction: The Nature of Security 2. The EU and Internal Security 3. The EU and External Security 4. The US, European Security and EU-US Relations: ‘The Indispensable Nation’? 5. Russia, European Security and Relations with the EU: The Underprivileged Strategic Partnership? 6. EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe 7. The EU and the Eastern Arc of Instability: The Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus 8. The EU and its Southern Mediterranean Neighbours. Conclusion. References. Bibliography

Steve Marsh is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Politics Department at Cardiff University. Wyn Rees is Professor of International Security at the University of Nottingham.

"The book is coherently and convincingly structured. The introduction sets up the themes for analysis and argues for a broader security agenda – which would include poverty and disease, environmental problems, immigration, energy and resource insecurity, along with more traditional military threats... The book truly provides a sound and detailed account of the EU’s performance as security provider in Europe, and is very insightful in delineating the rationale, as well as the main problems, behind EU’s policy decisions... A welcome contribution to the literature on the EU’s external relations. Empirically rich, plenty of insightful and compelling observations, it is a recommended reading for any student of EU foreign policy." - Nicola Chelotti, UCL, University of Aberdeen; e-International Relations, October 2012."An excellent study. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and research faculty." - R. P. Peters, University of Massachusetts at Boston, CHOICE

• 1. Introduction: The Nature of Security 2. The EU and Internal Security 3. The EU and External Security 4. The US, European Security and EU-US Relations: ‘The Indispensable Nation’? 5. Russia, European Security and Relations with the EU: The Underprivileged Strategic Partnership? 6. EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe 7. The EU and the Eastern Arc of Instability: The Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus 8. The EU and its Southern Mediterranean Neighbours. Conclusion. References. Bibliography

Steve Marsh is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Politics Department at Cardiff University. Wyn Rees is Professor of International Security at the University of Nottingham.

"The book is coherently and convincingly structured. The introduction sets up the themes for analysis and argues for a broader security agenda – which would include poverty and disease, environmental problems, immigration, energy and resource insecurity, along with more traditional military threats... The book truly provides a sound and detailed account of the EU’s performance as security provider in Europe, and is very insightful in delineating the rationale, as well as the main problems, behind EU’s policy decisions... A welcome contribution to the literature on the EU’s external relations. Empirically rich, plenty of insightful and compelling observations, it is a recommended reading for any student of EU foreign policy." - Nicola Chelotti, UCL, University of Aberdeen; e-International Relations, October 2012."An excellent study. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and research faculty." - R. P. Peters, University of Massachusetts at Boston, CHOICE

• 1. Introduction: The Nature of Security 2. The EU and Internal Security 3. The EU and External Security 4. The US, European Security and EU-US Relations: ‘The Indispensable Nation’? 5. Russia, European Security and Relations with the EU: The Underprivileged Strategic Partnership? 6. EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe 7. The EU and the Eastern Arc of Instability: The Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus 8. The EU and its Southern Mediterranean Neighbours. Conclusion. References. Bibliography