The Nordic Countries And the European Security And Defence Policy

Klappentext In 1999 the EU decided to develop its own military capacities for crisis management. This book brings together a group of experts to examine the consequences of this decision on Nordic policy establishments, as well as to shed new light on the defence and security issues that matter for Europe as a whole. Zusammenfassung A special feature of Europe's Nordic region is that only one of its states has joined both the European Union and NATO. Nordic countries also share a certain distrust of approaches to security that rely too much on force or that may disrupt the logic and liberties of civil society. Impacting on this environment, the EU's decision in 1999 to develop its own military capacities for crisis management - taken together with other ongoing shifts in Western security agendas and US-Europe relations - has created complex challenges for Nordic policy establishments.This multi-author volume combines the techniques of reporting and analysis, debate and reduction, to illuminate the consequences for the five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The views expressed in it by Nordic and non-Nordic, younger and more established analysts reflect the political and intellectual ferment triggered in the Nordic region by these developments: in the process shedding light on defence and security challenges that matter deeply for Europe as a whole.

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• Authors: Alyson J. K. Bailes, Alyson J. K. (EDT)/ Herolf Bailes
• Assisted by: Alyson J. K. Bailes (Editor), Alyson J. K. (Director Bailes (Editor), Alyson J.K. Bailes (Editor), Gunilla Herolf (Editor), Gunilla (Swedish Institute of International Affairs) Herolf (Editor), Herolf Gunilla (Editor), Bengt Sundelius (Editor), Bengt (Swedish Emergency Management Agency) Sundelius (Editor), Sundelius Bengt (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2006
• EAN: 9780199290840
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929084-0
• No. of pages: 427
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: SIPRI Monographs; Sipri Publication; SIPRI Monographs; Sipri Monograph
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, EU (European Union), Military and defence strategy, Civil rights & citizenship, International institutions, EU & European institutions, Civics and citizenship