Edited by Hugo Meijer, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, the European University Institute, and Marco Wyss, Lecturer in the International History of the Cold War, Lancaster University

Hugo Meijer is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, and the Academic Director of the European Initiative on Security Studies (EISS). His publications include Trading with the Enemy: : the Making of US Export Control Policy toward the People's Republic of China (OUP, 2016), and Origins and Evolution of the US Rebalance toward Asia: Diplomatic, Military, and Economic Dimensions (Editor, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). He has also published in such journals as the Journal of Strategic Studies, European Journal of International Security and the Journal of Cold War Studies.

Marco Wyss is Lecturer in the International History of the Cold War at Lancaster University, an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is co-editor of the 'New Perspectives on the Cold War' book series (Brill), and the editor of the International Journal of Military History and Historiography. His publications include Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War (Brill, 2013), Peacekeeping in Africa (co-authored wtih Thierry Tardy, Routledge, 2014), and Neutrality and Neutralism in the Global Cold War (Routledge, 2016). His articles have been published in such journals as the Journal of Contemporary History, International History Review, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Cold War History, and the RUSI Journal.

Jan Joel Andersson, European Defence Agency, Brussels.
Christian F. Anrig, Deputy Director of Doctrine, Swiss Air Force.
Félix Arteaga, Instituto General Gutierrez Mellado (MoD-UNED, Madrid).
Jordan Baev, Rakovski National Defense College.
Matthias Bieri, ETH Zurich.
Vincent Boulanin, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Mark Bromley, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Dionysios Chourchoulis, Ionian University.
Fabrizio Coticchia, University of Genoa.
Andrew Dorman, King's College London.
Frédérick Douzet, University of Paris 8.
Filip Ejdus, University of Bristol and University of Belgrade.
Lawrence Freedman, King's College London.
Andrew Futter, University of Leicester.
Bastian Giegerich, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London.
Andrea Gilli, Harvard University.
Mauro Gilli, ETH Zurich.
Richard Gowan, New York University.
Ryan Grauer, University of Pittsburgh.
Yaprak Gürsoy, Aston University.
Gunther Hauser, National Defence Academy, Vienna.
Keith Hayward, Staffordshire University.
Masha Hedberg, Johns Hopkins University.
Dorle Hellmuth, The Catholic University of America.
Adrian Hyde-Price, Gothenburg University.
Andres Kasekamp, University of Tartu.
Lucas Kello, University of Oxford.
Wim Klinkert, University of Amsterdam.
Ina Kraft, Bundeswehr Centre for Military History and Social Sciences, Potsdam.
Benhamin Kienzle, King's College London.
Ulrich Krotz, European University Institute.
Ulrich Kuehn,Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Julian Lindley-French, Atlantic Treaty Association and National Defense University, US.
Mauro Mantovani, ETH Zurich.
Hugo Meijer, European University Institute.
Andrew A. Michta, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany.
Christian Nünlist, ETH Zurich.
Michal Onderco, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Alice Pannier, Johns Hopkins University.
Magnus Petersson, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
Mark Phythian, University of Leicester.
Leonid Polyakov, Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS), Kiev.
Peter Roberts, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Robert I. Rotberg, Harvard University.
Sten Rynning, University of Southern Denmark.
Olivier Schmitt, University of Southern Denmark.
Ian Speller, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
James Sperling, University of Akron.
Igor Sutyagin, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Christopher Tuck, King's College London.
Matthew Uttley, King's College London.
Mark Webber, University of Birmingham.
Moritz Weiss, Ludwig Maximilian University.
Alex S. Wilner, Carleton University.
Katharina Wolf, European University Institute.
Katerina Wright, European University Institute.
Marco Wyss, Lancaster University.
Olivier Zajec, University of Lyon III.
Katarzyna Zysk, the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.

"Truly comprehensive in scope, with contributions from leading experts, this outstanding collection is an essential primer for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of European defence and security. The mix of national, cross-European, and thematic chapters in one collection is especially welcome and makes it stand out from the existing literature." - Professor Theo Farrell, Department of War Studies, King's College London

"As European defence integration has stalled and we are experiencing a return to 19th-century renationalization of large areas of defence, there is a deficit in comparative analyses of security policies and force structures of individual European states. This expert collection combining latest figures with first-rate analysis covers not only most European states but also general subjects such as naval power, cyber defence and intelligence, and the many regional or bilateral initiatives that have sprung up to overcome the limitations of single-state defence capabilities. This essential handbook should be on every security studies scholar and defence practitioner's shelf!'" - Professor Beatrice Heuser, Chair of International Relations, University of Glasgow.

"For reasons of shifts in the global distribution of economic and hence military potential, and rapid domestic political change, international politics suddenly seems to resemble the traditional security and power competitions of the past. Europe is both agent and subject of these changes. Yet the systematic study of security policy in Europe has suffered from a kind of balkanization; some study politics; some study institutions; a few study actual military power and its employment. These subjects are seldom treated comprehensively, or comparatively. This work approaches the study of European security from all of these perspectives, integrates them, and most importantly focuses on the nation states, which remain the locus of European military capabilities, and thus fighting power.'" - Barry R Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Director of the MIT Security Studies Program.

"European defence has become beached by debates which have overlooked its real achievements in some areas as well as its increasing political importance in the wake of Trump and Brexit. This is therefore an important and timely book, which provides both the informed comment which can too often seem in short supply and the substance which ought to underpin it.'" - Sir Hew Strachan, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews.