Introduction - European Peace, An Unnoticed Miracle 10

Part I – The Historical and Security Foundations of European Peace 17

  Yesterday: Warmakers, Peacemakers 19

  Security and European Peace 39

  Europe and Peace in the Records Held at the Historical Archives of the EU 49

  From Negative to Positive Peace: European Integration and the Changing Foundations of Security 69

Part II – European Peace as a Political, Social and Institutional Order 83

  Political Traditions and European Integration: How the Christian Democratic, Socialist and Liberal Cultures Converged on the Narrative of Peace Through Cooperation and Shared Values 85

  The Tools of Peace (I): A Look at the Treaties 101

  Welfare States, Party Systems and the Miracle of Social Peace in Europe 121

  Memory, Education and Reconciliation in the European Discourse on History Teaching 139

  The European Parliament as a Peace Actor: Influence or Power? 159

  The Miracle of European Peace, and How We Blew it 179

Part III - Preserving European Peace: War, Institutional Adaptation and EU Enlargement 195

  Law, Leadership and Autonomy: The Foundations and Future of European Peace 197

  The European Parliament and Peace 217

  The EU’s Peace Identity Inside Out: Internal Settlement, External Mediation and Geopolitical Pressure 227

  The Tools of Peace (II): Inventions Along the Way 249

  Redefining Peace: Asynchronous Enlargement and European Integration after Ukraine 273

  Epilogue 291