Preface Section 1 The beginnings 1/1 Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-Defence between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (The Brussels Treaty), Brussels, 17 March 1948 1/2 The North Atlantic Treaty, Washington DC, 4 April 1949 1/3 The Statute of the Council of Europe, 5 May 1949 1/4 The Schuman Declaration, 9 May 1950 1/5 Treaty Establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (Preamble), Paris, 18 April 1951 1/6 The European Defence Community Treaty, Paris, 27 May 1952 1/7 Draft Treaty embodying the Statute of the European Community, Adopted by the Ad Hoc Assembly in Strasbourg (European Political Community Treaty), 10 March 1953 1/8 Protocol Modifying and Completing the Brussels Treaty (Western European Union), Paris, 23 October 1954 1/9 Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community (Treaty of Rome), Rome, 25 March 1957 1/10 Draft Treaty for the Establishment of a European Political Union (Fouchet Plan I), 2 November 19611/11 Second Draft of the Treaty for the Establishment of a European Union (Fouchet Plan II), 18 January 1962 1/12 Treaty between the French Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany Concerning Franco-German Cooperation (The Elysée Treaty), Paris, 22 January 1963 1/13 Report on the Future Tasks of the Alliance (Harmel Report), Brussels, December 1967 Section 2 EPC/CFSP—institutional developments Section 3 The revival of the WEU and the evolution of a European security identity; The reactivation of the WEU; The Cold War ends; Section 4 Major policy developments 4(a) East—West and transatlantic relations; EPC and the CSCE; Afghanistan; Poland; Relations with Central and Eastern Europe; German unification; Relations with the Soviet Union/Russia; Transatlantic relations; 4(b) Middle East and Mediterranean; Middle East peace process; Terrorism: Libya and Syria, 1986; Iran-Iraq War; The Gulf War; Iraq; Algeria; The Euro-Mediterranean initiative; The war in the former Yugoslavia (a) Mediation; The war in the former Yugoslavia (b) Diplomatic Recognition; Albania; Kosovo; c) Europe’s Global Reach; Southern Africa; South Africa; The Great Lakes Region; Nigeria; Democracy and conflict resolution; The Falkland Islands War; Central America; ASEAN; Relations with Japan; Human rights; Appendix