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The EU has long been seen as confederation that has failed to assert itself effectively on the international stage. In this collection, a series of experts discuss how the EU has shed its reputation as a weak international actor in light of its policies on police cooperation and intelligence-sharing as part of the global effort to combat terrorism

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Introduction 1. Beyond EU Counter-terrorism Cooperation: European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence; Sarah Léonard and Christian Kaunert PART I: THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A SECURITY ACTOR 2. The European Union and International Security: Developing a Comprehensive Approach; Kamil Zwolski 3. The European Union as a Comprehensive Police Actor; Stephen Rozée PART II: COUNTER-TERRORISM AND POLICING IN EUROPE 4. Europol´s Counter-terrorism Role: a Chicken-egg Dilemma; Oldrich Bures 5. Guarding EU-wide Counter-terrorism Policing: the Struggle for Sound Parliamentary Scrutiny of Europol; Claudia Hillebrand PART III: COUNTER-TERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE IN EUROPE 6. Information-sharing and the EU Counter-terrorism Policy: A ´Securitization Tool´ Approach; Thierry Balzacq and Sarah Léonard 7. Availability by Stealth? EU Information Sharing in Transatlantic Perspective; John D. Occhipinti 8. On ´a Continuum with Expansion?´ Intelligence Cooperation in Europe in the Early 21st Century; Adam D.M. Svendsen 9. Security Partnerships, Intelligence and the Recasting of the UK Monopoly of Violence in the 21st Century; Carlos Ortiz Conclusion 10. European Security, Terrorism, and Intelligence: Assessing the Path of Development; Alex MacKenzie and Kamil Zwolski

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The EU´s expanding role in the internal security domain has a national, a European and a global dimension. This book manages to convincingly analyse and inter-relate all three of these dimensions. It also provides a multi-faceted lucid assessment of intelligence-sharing as a fundamental challenge, and this well beyond counterterrorism cooperation. A must-read for anyone interested in European and global internal security policy responses.´

Jörg Monar, Director of Political and Administrative Studies, College of Europe, Belgium

´This book is a welcome addition to the academic literature on European counterterrorism and security. It provides important insights on the evolution of European security policy and a welcome analytical focus on the relatively under-researched topic of the role of intelligence in European security. It is highly recommended reading for policy makers, academics and researchers in the fields of European security politics, law and policy.´

Valsamis Mitsilegas, Head of the Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London, UK

European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence provides a major contribution to understanding the role of the European Union in combating terrorism. Written by an impressive array of experts from across the European academy, the collection is essential reading for those concerned with the wider European context of intelligence-sharing and police co-operation.

- Len Scott, Department of Interantional Politics, Aberswyth University, UK

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