Spain, Europe, and Western Security Policy - The Europeanization of Spanish Security and Defense Policy and its Limitations

This book analyzes the limitations in the Europeanization of Spanish security and defense policy. For various reasons, Spain has maintained an amalgamated security system based on agreements with NATO, the EU and the US. This combination has produced a dysfunctional system, as it is not truly able to address some of the country's vital security interests, above all in North Africa and the Mediterranean. At the same time, due mainly to domestic reasons, various Spanish governments have been reluctant to pursue autonomy in the country's security policy and defense capabilities. Written by a team of scholars and practitioners, this book offers policymakers and professionals both a general overview of and deeper insights into the issue. Due to the lack of comprehensive studies on Spanish security and defense policy and its ties to Europe, this book will be of particular interest.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Spain, Europe, and the World. Images, Black Legend and "Europeization".- Chapter 2. Europe and Spanish Security Policy From Within.- Chapter 3. The Seeds of a New Logic for Intelligence Cooperation: Spain in the European Union and NATO Intelligence.- Chapter 4. Counterterrorism, European Union, and Spain: Power Matters.- Chapter 5. The US-Spain Relations and His Impact in European Security.- Chapter 6. The Future Relation EU-Nato and Spain.- Chapter 7. Spanish Security Policy in the Greater Maghreb: Skeletons in the Closet, Commonplaces, and Irrelevance.

About the author

Dr. David JavierGarcía Cantalapiedra has been a Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid since2004. He also teaches US Foreign Policy at the Spanish Foreign Service School and is a lecturer at the Spanish National Defense Studies Center and the Spanish Armed Forces School. 

Product details

• Assisted by: David Javier García Cantalapiedra (Editor), David Javier García Cantalapiedra (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9783031585494
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3158549-4
• No. of pages: 115
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 10 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 309 g
• Illustrations: XI, 115 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Series: The Future of Europe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Europa, NATO, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), EU, History, Politik und Staat, Spain, European Politics, Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften, Terrorismus, bewaffneter Kampf, Security, Geopolitics, security policy, foreign policy, European Union, defense, International Security Studies, European Union Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Crime Control and Security, Comparative Public Policy, Europeanization, domestic politics, decision making and institutions