European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security

In the Shadow of Power
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-35009-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy

This book analyses whether the EU’s drift towards European strategic autonomy presents a challenge or a window of opportunity for its small member states to advance their security interests.

The volume presents small states’ perceptions of European strategic autonomy, highlighting their expectations and concerns. The chapters focus on the depth and breadth of European strategic autonomy, national security considerations, assessment of the impact on transatlantic relations, the expected outputs, and its potential impact on the EU’s institutional structure. It also shows how systemic circumstances and the interests of powerful states, either belonging to the EU (France, Germany, and Poland) or having a significant say in European security architecture (the US), establish opportunities and constraints for the small states to shape European strategic autonomy. In particular, the study focuses on the diverging interests of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, and the Netherlands. It demonstrates that, in most cases, European strategic autonomy is perceived not as an alternative to NATO but as a supplementary element that could facilitate the development of national military capabilities, indigenous defence industries and resilience to non-military threats. Ultimately, the book suggests that national approaches towards European strategic autonomy mainly stem from pragmatic national security and foreign policy considerations, while largely ignoring grand strategic ideas.

This book will be of much interest to students of European politics, security studies, and international relations.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

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Cesnakas, Giedrius

Juozaitis, Justinas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Small States, International Institutions and European Strategic Autonomy 2. European Strategic Autonomy: The Origins Story 3. Revisiting France’s Commitment to Defence integration: A Case of Political Functionalism 4. Germany: The Renewed Quest for Strategic Autonomy 5. Poland’s Resilient Atlanticism 6. US Foreign Policy during the Biden Presidency: A Reset in the US Approach Towards the EU Strategic Autonomy? 7. Through the Estonian Looking Glass: Can NATO’s Credible Deterrence and EU Strategic Autonomy Succeed Simultaneously? 8. Military Capabilities First, Politics Later: Latvia’s Approach to European Strategic Autonomy 9. European Strategic Autonomy in Lithuania’s Foreign Policy Discourse 10. European Strategic Autonomy: Opportunities and Threats for Denmark 11. Belgium and European Strategic Autonomy 12. Dutch Security and Defence Policy: From Faithful Ally to Pragmatic European 13. A Reluctant Supporter: The Hungarian Perspective on European Strategic Autonomy 14. Shared Values and Common Borders: Why Greece Views European Strategic Autonomy as an Opportunity 15. Conclusions: Domination of Pragmatism Towards the European Strategic Autonomy

Über Autor(innen)

Giedrius Cesnakas is Professor at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, heading undergraduate and graduate political studies programmes.

Justinas Juozaitis is Policy analyst at the Centre for Defence Analysis at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania and a lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.