Der Band stellt das Ergebnis des 1995 abgehaltenen "International Research Seminar on Euro-Atlantic Security" (IRS) dar, das vom NATO Defense College in Zusammenarbeit mit dem ungarischen "Institute for Strategic and Defence Studies" organisiert und durchgeführt wurde. Inhalt: Heinz Vetschera: Civil-Military Relations and Democratic Control: A European Security Policy Perspective (15-35); Dominique Norois: Military Assistance to the Civil Authorities in France (37-43); Carlo Alfiero: The Military Institutions' Contribution in Democracies: Italy's Experience with the Carabinieri Corps (45-53); Thorsten Stein: Military Assistance to the Civil Authorities in Democracies: Problems, Issues, and Solutions from a German Perspective (55-62); Joseph L. Soeters: A Dutch Perspective on Military Assistance to Civil Authorities: Opportunities, Dilemmas, and Pitfalls (63-74); Ferenc Gazdag: The Relationship between the armed Forces and Civil Organisations in Central and Eastern Europe: A Difficult Inheritance (75-82); Mária Baraczka: Constitutional Law and Military Assistance to the Civil Authorities in the Republic of Hungary (83-86); István Orovecz: The Relationship between Civil Protection and the Civil Sphere in Hungary (87-93); Marian Kowalewski: The Polish Model of Military Assistance to the Civil Authorities in Democracies (95-102); David Harries: Military Assistance to the Civil Authorities in Canada (103-113); John A. Cope: An Emerging United States Paradigm for Non-Combat Operations (115-129); Sir Christopher France: Summary and Conclusions (131-141).