In his profound consideration of the forces and processes at work in the fundamental transformations that have been reshaping Europe over recent years, Adrian Hyde-Price focuses on the unification of Germany, Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programme, the accelerating pace of West European integration through the European Community, and the uncertainties surrounding America's future role in a Europe `beyond containment'. This major work outlines four `ideal types' of possible alternative security structures for the year 2010 and suggests a number of principles which should govern the construction of a new security system for a Europe beyond the cold war.