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111 Pol. Sci. Q. 1 (1996-1997)

handle is hein.journals/pclscceqry111 and id is 1 raw text is: Why Western Europe Needs the United States and NATO ROBERT J. ART The rich, industrialized, democratic, northern states, we are told, have entered a new era in their relations with one another. These states - meaning the United States, Canada, Western Europe, the Scandinavian countries, and Japan-now constitute a pluralistic security community, wherein the rule of law, not the use of force, settles disputes and conflicts that arise among its members.' War among these states is now unthinkable; and as a consequence, so it is argued, security concerns and military considerations hold little sway as these states deal with one another. Instead, international institutions, high eco- nomic interdependence, and the pacifying effects of democracy are the central determinants of state relations within this emergent security community. As exhibit number one, advocates of this view offer the Maastricht Treaty of 1991, which put Europe on the course oftrue political union. Two central pillars of European Political Union (EPU) are: European Monetary Union (EMU), which means a common currency and a single central bank for all member states; and a common foreign and security policy (CFSP), with the expectation that ultimately Europe will create its own defense capability. Whether these advocates hold to the supranational or the intergovernmental model of European integration, they cite both EMU and CFSP as evidence that traditional Realist analysis, which I The phrase pluralistic security community comes from Karl W. Deutsch et aL, Political Commu- nity and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light ofHistorical Experience (New York: Greenwood Press, 1969), 5-8. For examplars about the changed nature of state relations in Western Europe and about the pacific effects ofdemocracy, Richard H. Ullman, Securing Europe (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991), chap. 2; Jacques Delors, European Integration and Security, Survival33 (March/April 1991):99-109; and BriceRussett, Grasping theDemocraticPeace:Principles for a Post-Cold War World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993), chaps. 1, 2, 4. ROBERT J. ART is Herter Professor of International Relations at Brandeis University and research associate, The Olin Institute, Harvard University. This article draws from his forthcoming book, Selective Engagement: An American Grand Strategy. Political Science Quarterly Volume 111 Number 1 1996 1

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