Alas, Europe is rather unique in its “postmodern” identity. Robert Cooper, a former British diplomat and afterward one of the leading officials of EU foreign policy, already wrote as much in 2003 (Cooper, 2003). That was the year in which the EU published the European Security Strategy, its first strategic concept (Solana, 2003). Drafted under the leadership of Dr Javier Solana, the first High Representative (the EU equivalent of a foreign minister), Cooper was one of the key co-authors of this document.
