Semialignment and Western Security

This book, first published in 1986, is a major study of semialignment and a review of the individual nations within NATO to which the model could be applied. Towards the end of the Cold War, there arose within NATO this intermediate category between alignment and nonalignment, whereby a member state enjoyed the status and facilities of NATO membership while disassociating itself from certain NATO programmes. This book analyses the phenomenon, and the possibility that it weakened the credibility of NATO deterrence and the defence posture versus the Soviet Union.

List of contents

1. Introduction Nils Ørvik 2. Denmark: Half-Hearted Partner Carsten Holbraad 3. Greece: From Compliance to Self-Assertion Constantine Melakopides 4. The Netherlands: Social Democrats and Security Policy Ruud Koole and Paul Lucardie 5. Canada Hugh Thorburn and Christopher Rose 6. Canada: Government Policy Towards NATO Christopher Rose 7. The New Democratic Party and National Defence Hugh Thorburn 8. Norway: Deterrence Versus Nonprovocation Nils Ørvik 9. Semialignment and Western Security: Two Views 9.1 Noninterference and NATO Neutralism Nils Ørvik 9.2 The Reality of Semialignment Carsten Holbraad, Ruud Koole, Paul Lucardie, Constantine Melakopides, Christopher Rose and Hugh Thorburn

About the author

Nils Ørvik

Summary

This book, first published in 1986, is a major study of semialignment and a review of the individual nations within NATO to which the model could be applied. It analyses the phenomenon, and the possibility that it weakened the credibility of NATO deterrence and the defence posture versus the Soviet Union.

Product details

• Authors: Nils Rvik
• Assisted by: Nils Ørvik (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2022
• EAN: 9780367633899
• ISBN: 978-0-367-63389-9
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Politics & government, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution