Contents

Glossary

Introduction

Chapter 1 Capability Initiatives

• NATO's Defence Capabilities Initiative
• Different perceptions of the DCI
• The WEU audit of assets
• The Headline Goal and the Helsinki Catalogues
• The Capability Improvement Conference
• The European Capability Action Plan
• EU non-military/civilian crisis management goals
• EU structures for security and defence cooperation
• The transatlantic capabilities debate and the Prague Summit
• The sum of the initiatives

Chapter 2 Developing the EU's Instruments for Managing International Crises

• Assessing the Headline Goal
• US support and access to NATO assets and capabilities
• Assessing the EU's scenarios
• EU decision-making, planning and intelligence capabilities
• European conflict prevention and civilian crisis management

Chapter 3 A New EU-US Strategic Partnership and Future EU-NATO Relations

• The new transatlantic agenda
• The challenges of EU-NATO cooperation

Chapter 4 Europe's Operational Limitations

• What an autonomous EU can and cannot do in the military field
• The EU's military operational limit in 2003
• The EU's military operational limit in 2010
• Europe's intelligence capability
• Challenges for EU conflict prevention and crisis management

Chapter 5 Practical Steps To Increase European Capabilities

• Enhancing European strategic decision-making
• Establishing EU intelligence coordination
• The capability initiatives and the future of European integration
• Developing joint non-military and military crisis management capabilities
• A practical approach to EU-NATO cooperation

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes