Ludger Kuhnhardt has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and Professor of Political Science at Bonn University since 1997. He has been advisor to political leaders in Europe and Africa. As a Public Policy Scholar he has worked at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. As Visiting Professor he has taught and studied at renowned universities across the world, including St. Antony's College Oxford, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Seoul National University, Cape Town University, and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has conducted research in comparative region-building in all continents.

• Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Sources of European Integration: The Meaning of Failed Interwar Politics and the Role of World War II Wilfried Loth Chapter 2. The Failure of EDC and European Integration Manfred Gortemaker Chapter 3. The Institutional Paradox: How Crises Have Reinforced European Integration Jurgen Elvert Chapter 4. Through Crises to EMU: Perspectives for Fiscal Union and Political Union Jurgen von Hagen Chapter 5. Opportunity or Overstretch?: Opportunity or Overstretch? The Unexpected Dynamics of Deepening and Widening Wolfgang Wessels and Thomas Traguth Chapter 6. Learning from Failure: The Evolution of the EU's Foreign, Security and Defense Policy in the Course of the Yugoslav Crisis Mathias Jopp and Udo Diedrichs Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities: Surmounting Integration Crises in Historical Context Michael Gehler Chapter 8. Frontiers and Chances for the European Union Hans-Gert Pottering Bibliography List of Contributors Index

Ludger Kuhnhardt has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and Professor of Political Science at Bonn University since 1997. He has been advisor to political leaders in Europe and Africa. As a Public Policy Scholar he has worked at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. As Visiting Professor he has taught and studied at renowned universities across the world, including St. Antony's College Oxford, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Seoul National University, Cape Town University, and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has conducted research in comparative region-building in all continents.

• Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Sources of European Integration: The Meaning of Failed Interwar Politics and the Role of World War II Wilfried Loth Chapter 2. The Failure of EDC and European Integration Manfred Gortemaker Chapter 3. The Institutional Paradox: How Crises Have Reinforced European Integration Jurgen Elvert Chapter 4. Through Crises to EMU: Perspectives for Fiscal Union and Political Union Jurgen von Hagen Chapter 5. Opportunity or Overstretch?: Opportunity or Overstretch? The Unexpected Dynamics of Deepening and Widening Wolfgang Wessels and Thomas Traguth Chapter 6. Learning from Failure: The Evolution of the EU's Foreign, Security and Defense Policy in the Course of the Yugoslav Crisis Mathias Jopp and Udo Diedrichs Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities: Surmounting Integration Crises in Historical Context Michael Gehler Chapter 8. Frontiers and Chances for the European Union Hans-Gert Pottering Bibliography List of Contributors Index

Ludger Kuhnhardt has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and Professor of Political Science at Bonn University since 1997. He has been advisor to political leaders in Europe and Africa. As a Public Policy Scholar he has worked at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. As Visiting Professor he has taught and studied at renowned universities across the world, including St. Antony's College Oxford, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Seoul National University, Cape Town University, and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has conducted research in comparative region-building in all continents.

• Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Sources of European Integration: The Meaning of Failed Interwar Politics and the Role of World War II Wilfried Loth Chapter 2. The Failure of EDC and European Integration Manfred Gortemaker Chapter 3. The Institutional Paradox: How Crises Have Reinforced European Integration Jurgen Elvert Chapter 4. Through Crises to EMU: Perspectives for Fiscal Union and Political Union Jurgen von Hagen Chapter 5. Opportunity or Overstretch?: Opportunity or Overstretch? The Unexpected Dynamics of Deepening and Widening Wolfgang Wessels and Thomas Traguth Chapter 6. Learning from Failure: The Evolution of the EU's Foreign, Security and Defense Policy in the Course of the Yugoslav Crisis Mathias Jopp and Udo Diedrichs Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities: Surmounting Integration Crises in Historical Context Michael Gehler Chapter 8. Frontiers and Chances for the European Union Hans-Gert Pottering Bibliography List of Contributors Index