New Security Issues in Northern Europe : The Nordic and Baltic States and the ESDP

ISBN-13: 9780415393409 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 256 str.

JR. Jame Archer

Opis

Analyzes the Nordic and Baltic states' relationship with the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). This work offers a general background to the EU's ESDP, the strategic situation of Northern Europe, the security and defence policy issues faced by the states, also outlining the theoretical considerations concerning security in the region.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Aims of the Book - The Empirical and Theoretical Outline  2. The Strategic Background  3. The EU and the ESDP in Context  4. Questions of Security in the Region: Internal-External, Soft-Hard, ‘Hyphenated’  5. Some Hard Questions About Defence  6. Denmark  7. Finland  8. Norway  9. Sweden  10. Estonia  11. Latvia  12. Lithuania  13. The Response in Brussels: Views in the EU About Nordic and Baltic Contributions to the ESDP  14. Hard Answers to Hard Questions?  Conclusions: Bringing Together Practice and Theory

O autorze

Clive Archer is a research professor in the Department of Politics and Philosophy at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His research interests and areas of publication include the Nordic and Baltic region and European integration and security.