The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces
The armed forces of Europe have undergone a dramatic transformation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces provides the first comprehensive analysis of national security and defence policies, strategies, doctrines, capabilities, and military operations, as well as the alliances and partnerships of European armed forces in response to the security challenges Europe has faced since the end of the cold war. A truly cross-European comparison of the evolution of national defence policies and armed forces remains a notable blind spot in the existing literature. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces aims to fill this gap with fifty-one contributions on European defence and international security from around the world. The six parts focus on: country-based assessments of the evolution of the national defence policies of Europe's major, medium, and lesser powers since the end of the cold war; the alliances and security partnerships developed by European states to cooperate in the provision of national security; the security challenges faced by European states and their armed forces, ranging from interstate through intra-state and transnational; the national security strategies and doctrines developed in response to these challenges; the military capabilities, and the underlying defence and technological industrial base, brought to bear to support national strategies and doctrines; and, finally, the national or multilateral military operations by European armed forces. The contributions to The Handbook collectively demonstrate the fruitfulness of giving analytical precedence back to the comparative study of national defence policies and armed forces across Europe.
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The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces
The armed forces of Europe have undergone a dramatic transformation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces provides the first comprehensive analysis of national security and defence policies, strategies, doctrines, capabilities, and military operations, as well as the alliances and partnerships of European armed forces in response to the security challenges Europe has faced since the end of the cold war. A truly cross-European comparison of the evolution of national defence policies and armed forces remains a notable blind spot in the existing literature. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces aims to fill this gap with fifty-one contributions on European defence and international security from around the world. The six parts focus on: country-based assessments of the evolution of the national defence policies of Europe's major, medium, and lesser powers since the end of the cold war; the alliances and security partnerships developed by European states to cooperate in the provision of national security; the security challenges faced by European states and their armed forces, ranging from interstate through intra-state and transnational; the national security strategies and doctrines developed in response to these challenges; the military capabilities, and the underlying defence and technological industrial base, brought to bear to support national strategies and doctrines; and, finally, the national or multilateral military operations by European armed forces. The contributions to The Handbook collectively demonstrate the fruitfulness of giving analytical precedence back to the comparative study of national defence policies and armed forces across Europe.
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The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces

The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces

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The armed forces of Europe have undergone a dramatic transformation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces provides the first comprehensive analysis of national security and defence policies, strategies, doctrines, capabilities, and military operations, as well as the alliances and partnerships of European armed forces in response to the security challenges Europe has faced since the end of the cold war. A truly cross-European comparison of the evolution of national defence policies and armed forces remains a notable blind spot in the existing literature. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces aims to fill this gap with fifty-one contributions on European defence and international security from around the world. The six parts focus on: country-based assessments of the evolution of the national defence policies of Europe's major, medium, and lesser powers since the end of the cold war; the alliances and security partnerships developed by European states to cooperate in the provision of national security; the security challenges faced by European states and their armed forces, ranging from interstate through intra-state and transnational; the national security strategies and doctrines developed in response to these challenges; the military capabilities, and the underlying defence and technological industrial base, brought to bear to support national strategies and doctrines; and, finally, the national or multilateral military operations by European armed forces. The contributions to The Handbook collectively demonstrate the fruitfulness of giving analytical precedence back to the comparative study of national defence policies and armed forces across Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780192507754
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 06/22/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 880
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Hugo Meijer is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, and the Academic Director of the European Initiative on Security Studies (EISS). His publications include Trading with the Enemy: : the Making of US Export Control Policy toward the People's Republic of China (OUP, 2016), and Origins and Evolution of the US Rebalance toward Asia: Diplomatic, Military, and Economic Dimensions (Editor, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). He has also published in such journals as the Journal of Strategic Studies, European Journal of International Security and the Journal of Cold War Studies. Marco Wyss is Lecturer in the International History of the Cold War at Lancaster University, an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is co-editor of the 'New Perspectives on the Cold War' book series (Brill), and the editor of the International Journal of Military History and Historiography. His publications include Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War (Brill, 2013), Peacekeeping in Africa (co-authored wtih Thierry Tardy, Routledge, 2014), and Neutrality and Neutralism in the Global Cold War (Routledge, 2016). His articles have been published in such journals as the Journal of Contemporary History, International History Review, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Cold War History, and the RUSI Journal.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction: Beyond CSDP. The Resurgence of National Armed Forces in Europe
  • Part I: National Defence Policies
  • Major Powers:
  • 1: Stenn Rynning and Olivier Schmitt: France
  • 2: Ina Kraft: Germany
  • 3: Andrew M. Dorman: United Kingdom
  • 4: Katarzyna Zysk: Russia
  • Medium Powers:
  • 5: Fabrizio Coticchia: Italy
  • 6: Andrew A. Michta: Poland
  • 7: Félix Arteaga: Spain and Portugal
  • 8: Yaprak Gürsoy: Turkey
  • 9: Leonid Polyakov: Ukraine
  • Lesser Powers:
  • 10: Gunther Hauser and Mauro Mantovani: Austria and Switzerland
  • 11: Masha Hedberg and Andres Kasekamp: Baltic States
  • 12: Flemming Splidsboel Hansen: Belarus
  • 13: Wim Klinkert: Benelux Countries
  • 14: Jordan Baev: Bulgaria and Romania
  • 15: Michal Onderco: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary
  • 16: Filip Ejdus: Former Yugoslavia
  • 17: Dionysios Chourchoulis: Greece, Cyprus, and Albania
  • 18: Ian Speller: Ireland
  • 19: Jan Joel Andersson: Finland and Sweden
  • 20: Magnus Petersson: Denmark and Norway
  • Part II: Alliances and Security Partnerships
  • 21: Bastian Giegerich: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • 22: Adrian Hyde-Price: The Common Security and Defence Policy
  • 23: Matthias Bieri and Christian Nünlist: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
  • 24: Alice Pannier: Franco-British Defence and Security Cooperation
  • 25: Ulrich Krotz and Katharina Wolf: Franco-German Defence and Security Cooperation
  • Part III: Security Challenges
  • 26: Ryan Grauer: Conventional Interstate Warfare
  • 27: Robert I. Rotberg: State Failure
  • 28: Alex Wilner: Transnational Terrorism
  • 29: Andrew Futter: The Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  • 30: Frédérick Douzet: Cybersecurity Challenges
  • Part IV: Strategic and Doctrinal Responses
  • 31: Christopher Tuck: Land Warfare
  • 32: Peter Roberts: Sea Warfare
  • 33: Christian F. Anrig: Air and Space Warfare
  • 34: Robert Egnell and Bruno Cardoso Reis: Counterinsurgency
  • 35: Dorle Hellmuth: Counter-Terrorism
  • 36: Benjamin Kienzle: Non-Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation
  • 37: Mark Phythian: Intelligence
  • 38: Lucas Kello: Cyber-defence
  • Part V: Defence and Technological Industrial Capabilities
  • 39: Matthew Uttley: Arms Procurement
  • 40: Moritz Weiss and Felix Biermann: Defence Industrial Cooperation
  • 41: Mark Bromley: Arms Transfers and Export Control Policies
  • 42: Ulrich Kühn: Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons
  • 43: Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli: Emerging Technologies: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • 44: Vincent Boulanin: Cyber Capabilities
  • 45: Keith Hayward: Space Capabilities
  • Part VI: European Armed Forces in Action
  • 46: Olivier Zajec: French Military Operations
  • 47: Julian Lindley-French: British Military Operations
  • 48: Igor Sutyagin: Russian Military Operations
  • 49: Richard Gowan: European Involvement in United Nations Peacekeeping
  • 50: Ulrich Krotz and Katerina Wright: CSDP Military Operations
  • 51: James Sperling and Mark Webber: NATO Operations
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