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How to achieve defence cooperation in Europe? : the subregional approach /
This timely analysis of security in Europe identifies the factors that enable and hinder the creation of networks of defence cooperation across the continent.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2022.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- How to Achieve Defence Cooperation in Europe?: The Subregional Approach
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of figures
- List of abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Scholarship on defence cooperation in Europe
- The argument
- Key concepts
- Multinational defence cooperation (MDC) in Europe
- Defence Policy Communities (DPC)
- Theoretical framework
- Factors that are needed to establish MDCs in Europe successfully
- 1. The existence of the European security community
- 2. The perception that individual European armed forces do not have appropriate funds for defence
- 3. Previous defence collaborations between the participating states
- 1. Strong leadership by a group of enthusiastic high-level officials and good interpersonal chemistry between them
- 2. A supportive political milieu for the defence cooperation
- Interactions among factors
- Outline of the book
- 2 Multinational Defence Cooperation in Europe
- Multinational defence cooperation in Europe and the subregional dimension
- The evolution of defence cooperation in Europe between 1990 and 2010
- Conclusion
- 3 Conceptualizing Defence Cooperation
- The case studies: Lancaster House Treaties, NORDEFCO, CEDC
- Developing the theoretical framework
- Rival Explanation 1: lack of progress on pan-European/transatlantic defence cooperation
- Rival Explanation 2: effects of the financial crisis
- Rival Explanation 3: convergent threat perceptions
- Why were the subregional MDCs created? The empirically based patterns
- Factors necessary for the establishment of subregional MDCs: a generic framework
- Structural factors
- The existence of the European security community
- The perception that individual European armed forces do not have appropriate funds for defence.
- Previous long-standing defence collaborations between the participating countries
- Situational factors
- Strong leadership by a group of enthusiastic high-level officials and good interpersonal chemistry between them
- Supportive political milieu for subregional multinational defence cooperation
- Conclusion
- 4 The European Security Community
- Dissatisfaction with the shared meanings created and uploaded: the Lancaster House Treaties
- Different institutional memberships as the impetus for cooperation: NORDEFCO
- Social learning by superficial downloading: CEDC
- Conclusion
- 5 Defence Budgets
- Doing it nationally: the Lancaster House Treaties
- The problem of critical mass of capabilities: NORDEFCO
- Drastic defence budget cuts result in drastic capability cuts: CEDC
- Conclusion
- 6 Previous Defence Collaborations
- Recurring adaptive expectations: the Lancaster House Treaties
- Cooperation on peacekeeping during the Cold War: NORDEFCO
- Learning effects facilitate investing set-up costs: CEDC
- Conclusion
- 7 Strong Leadership and Chemistry
- Positive North Atlantic attitudes: the Lancaster House Treaties
- Military leaders with an academic affinity: NORDEFCO
- Military officers in policy jobs: CEDC
- Conclusion
- 8 Supportive Political Milieu
- The role of domestic politics: the Lancaster House Treaties
- Wider subregional support: NORDEFCO
- Borrowing policy frames from other defence collaborations: CEDC
- Conclusion
- 9 How to Achieve Defence Cooperation in Europe
- Dynamics between the structural and situational factors: the theoretical model
- The Lancaster House Treaties
- The Nordic Defence Cooperation
- The Central European Defence Cooperation
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Back Cover.