Strategic Culture In The European Union The Significance Of The European Security Strategy Of 2003

Author : Carolina Gerwin
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783346078940

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Strategic culture in the European Union. The significance of the European Security Strategy of 2003 by Carolina Gerwin Pdf

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: 8,2, Leiden University, language: English, abstract: The essay deals with the question whether the EU has established a strategic culture regarding its foreign and security policy. It begins with a discussion of the concept of strategic culture, to then dive into the sources of strategic culture and the extent to which the member states of the EU have similarities within those sources, namely geography and history, and political structure and institutions. Afterwards, the European Security Strategy of 2003 is considered as a potential manifestation of EU strategic culture, followed by developments after 2008. The essay concludes that the EU is growing closer to having a common strategic culture, but that it has not happened yet. Due to significant changes with regard to the security situation after the end of the Cold War, caused by conflicts in former Yugoslavia, the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the differences regarding the Iraq war for instance, the necessity for a coordinated European foreign and security policy became evident. Therefore, on December 12, 2003, the European Council agreed to the European Security Strategy (ESS), whose development was seen as an important step in defining common interests and goals of the EU regarding foreign and security policy.

Author : Heiko Biehl,Bastian Giegerich,Alexandra Jonas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658011680

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Strategic Cultures in Europe by Heiko Biehl,Bastian Giegerich,Alexandra Jonas Pdf

European countries work together in crisis management, conflict prevention and many other aspects of security and defence policy. Closer cooperation in this policy arena seems to be the only viable way forward to address contemporary security challenges. Yet, despite the repeated interaction, fundamental assumptions about security and defence remain remarkably distinct across European nations. This book offers a comparative analysis of the security and defence policies of all 27 EU member states and Turkey, drawing on the concept of ‘strategic culture’, in order to examine the chances and obstacles for closer security and defence cooperation across the continent. Along the lines of a consistent analytical framework, international experts provide case studies of the current security and defence policies in Europe as well as their historical and cultural roots. ​

Author : Peter Schmidt,Benjamin Zyla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317980322

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European Security Policy and Strategic Culture by Peter Schmidt,Benjamin Zyla Pdf

With the Lisbon Treaty in place and the European Union increasingly involved in international crisis management and stabilization operations in places near and far, this volume revisits the trajectory of a European strategic culture. Specifically, it studies the usefulness of its application in a variety of circumstances, including the EU’s operations in Africa and the Balkans as well as joint operations with NATO and the United Nations. The contributors find that strategic culture is a useful tool to explain and understand the EU's civilian and military operations, not in the sense of a ‘cause’, but as a European normative framework of preferences and constraints. Accordingly, classical notions of strategic culture in the field of international security must be adapted to highlight the specific character of Europe's strategic culture, especially by taking the interaction with the United Nations and NATO into account. Though at variance over the extent to which security and defence missions have demonstrated or promoted a shared strategic culture in Europe, the authors reveal a growing sense that a cohesive strategic culture is critical in the EU’s ambition of being a global actor. Should Europe fail to nurture a shared strategic culture, its actions will be based much more on flexibility than on cohesion. This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary Security Policy.

Author : Bastian Giegerich
Publisher : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Company
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3832923713

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European Security and Strategic Culture by Bastian Giegerich Pdf

This book analyzes the extent to which national strategic cultures of EU member states are compatible both with one another and the emerging multinational consensus expressed in the EU's European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). The juxtaposition of ESDP and national strategic culture generates a map of adaptation pressures faced by EU member governments. Case studies of Austria, France, Germany, and the UK are matched with exploratory analysis of Denmark, Ireland, Spain, and Sweden. National strategic cultures define the realm of what is possible regarding national adaptation to international change in defense policy. The EU level serves as an intermediary level between the domestic and the international arenas.

Author : Asle Toje
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134060580

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America, the EU and Strategic Culture by Asle Toje Pdf

This book provides a provocative analysis of relations between Europe and America during the tempestuous years 1998-2004. Analysing EU foreign policy, it concludes that the lessons learnt in interacting with America have been crucial in shaping the emerging EU strategic culture.The book challenges established orthodoxy regarding the sui generis nat

Author : Sven Biscop
Publisher : Academia Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9038211767

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The ABC of European Union strategy: ambition, benchmark, culture (Egmont Paper 16) by Sven Biscop Pdf

Author : C. Meyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230598218

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The Quest for a European Strategic Culture by C. Meyer Pdf

The Quest for a European Strategic Culture investigates whether strategic norms and beliefs held in different countries have become more similar since 1989 and explores the implications for the viability of a common European Security and Defence Policy. The empirical evidence emerging from various sources shows some significant changes.

Author : Sven Biscop
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351890236

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The European Security Strategy by Sven Biscop Pdf

In December 2003 the EU adopted the European Security Strategy, the first ever common strategic vision of the Member States. This volume examines how the Strategy can form the basis of a comprehensive approach that integrates all dimensions of EU external action, from aid and trade to defence, under the same agenda of 'effective multilateralism' or global governance. This agenda can be translated into the core public goods to which every individual on earth is entitled; promoting access to these global public goods can be the essence of a distinctive European approach emphasizing long-term stabilization and conflict prevention. On that basis, the Strategy can be a global agenda for positive power - global because of its worldwide scope and comprehensive nature - for an EU with effective power to achieve positive objectives. The book will appeal to audiences interested in the EU as an international actor, foreign policy, security and defence, development and trade. It is also suitable for policy makers in the EU institutions and the Member States.

Author : Sven Biscop
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0754644693

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The European Security Strategy by Sven Biscop Pdf

In December 2003 the EU adopted the European Security Strategy, the first ever common strategic vision of the Member States. This volume examines how the Strategy can form the basis of a comprehensive approach that integrates all dimensions of EU external action, from aid and trade to defence, under the same agenda of 'effective multilateralism' or global governance. This agenda can be translated into the core public goods to which every individual on earth is entitled; promoting access to these global public goods can be the essence of a distinctive European approach emphasizing long-term stabilization and conflict prevention. On that basis, the Strategy can be a global agenda for positive power - global because of its worldwide scope and comprehensive nature - for an EU with effective power to achieve positive objectives. The book will appeal to audiences interested in the EU as an international actor, foreign policy, security and defence, development and trade. It is also suitable for policy makers in the EU institutions and the Member States.

Author : Peter Schmidt,Benjamin Zyla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317980339

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European Security Policy and Strategic Culture by Peter Schmidt,Benjamin Zyla Pdf

With the Lisbon Treaty in place and the European Union increasingly involved in international crisis management and stabilization operations in places near and far, this volume revisits the trajectory of a European strategic culture. Specifically, it studies the usefulness of its application in a variety of circumstances, including the EU’s operations in Africa and the Balkans as well as joint operations with NATO and the United Nations. The contributors find that strategic culture is a useful tool to explain and understand the EU's civilian and military operations, not in the sense of a ‘cause’, but as a European normative framework of preferences and constraints. Accordingly, classical notions of strategic culture in the field of international security must be adapted to highlight the specific character of Europe's strategic culture, especially by taking the interaction with the United Nations and NATO into account. Though at variance over the extent to which security and defence missions have demonstrated or promoted a shared strategic culture in Europe, the authors reveal a growing sense that a cohesive strategic culture is critical in the EU’s ambition of being a global actor. Should Europe fail to nurture a shared strategic culture, its actions will be based much more on flexibility than on cohesion. This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary Security Policy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academia Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : European Union countries
ISBN : 9789038215143

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The value of power, the power of values: a call for an EU grand strategy (Egmont Paper 33) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael J. Williams
Publisher : Lit Verlag
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000111471672

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On Mars and Venus by Michael J. Williams Pdf

In 2003 the idea that Americans were from Mars and Europeans from Venus stirred up serious conversation about the nature of the transatlantic relationship on both sides of the Atlantic. While useful in prompting discussion, the introduction of pop-psychology terminology into IR lexicon was essentially divisive and not analytically helpful. Kagan relied on journalistic generalization, rather than tested academic methods to support his work. This study rectifies that deficiency, exploring the extent that Americans are from Mars and Europeans from Venus by deploying the analytical concept of strategic culture for an un-biased analysis of transatlantic drift.

Author : Jeffrey S. Lantis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317554226

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Strategic Cultures and Security Policies in the Asia-Pacific by Jeffrey S. Lantis Pdf

This book shows how one of the most powerful tools of security studies—strategic culture—illuminates the origins and implications of the Asia-Pacific region’s difficult issues, from the rise of China and the American pivot, to the shifting calculations of many other actors. Strategic culture sometimes challenges and always enriches prevailing neo-realist presumptions about the region. It provides a bridge between material and ideational explanations of state behavior and helps capture the tension between neoclassical realist and constructivist approaches. The case studies in this book survey the role of strategic culture in the behaviors of Australia, China, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and the United States. They show the contrast between structural expectations and cultural predispositions, as realist geopolitical security threats and opportunities interact with domestic elite and popular interpretation of historical narratives and distinctive political-military cultures to influence security policies. The concluding chapter devotes special attention to methodological issues at the heart of strategic cultural studies, as well as how culture may impact the potential for future conflict or cooperation in the region. The result is a body of work that helps deepen our understanding of strategic cultures in the Asia-Pacific in comparative perspective and enrich security studies. This bookw as published as a special issue of Contemporary Security Policy.

Author : Kerry M. Kartchner,Briana D. Bowen,Jeannie L. Johnson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000956351

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Routledge Handbook of Strategic Culture by Kerry M. Kartchner,Briana D. Bowen,Jeannie L. Johnson Pdf

This handbook offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of strategic culture by a mix of international scholars, consultants, military officers, and policymakers. The volume explicitly addresses the analytical conundrums faced by scholars who wish to employ or generate strategic cultural insights, with substantive commentary on defining and scoping strategic culture, analytic frameworks and approaches, levels of analysis, sources of strategic culture, and modalities of change in strategic culture. The chapters engage strategic culture at the civilizational, regional, supra-national, national, non-state actor, and organizational levels. The volume is divided into five thematic parts, which will appeal to both students who are new to the subject and scholars who wish to incorporate strategic culture into their toolbox of analytical techniques. Part I assesses the evolving theoretical strengths and weaknesses of the field. Part II lays out elements of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field, including sources and components of strategic culture. Part III presents a number of national strategic cultural profiles, representing the state of contemporary strategic culture scholarship. Part IV addresses the utility of strategic culture for practitioners and scholars. Part V summarizes the key theoretical and practical insights offered by the volume’s contributors. This handbook will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, defense studies, security studies, and international relations in general, as well as to professional practitioners.

Author : Steve Marsh,Wyn Rees
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136631016

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The European Union in the Security of Europe by Steve Marsh,Wyn Rees Pdf

This book examines the European Union’s contribution to providing security in Europe amidst an increasingly complex and challenging environment. In this new and comprehensive guide to the EU's role in security since the end of the Cold War, the authors offer an explanation of EU internal and external security regimes, and argue that the Union has become an important exporter of security within its region. However, the Union’s rhetorical ambitions and commitments continue to outstrip its capabilities and it lacks both a common conceptualisation of security and a meaningful, shared strategic culture. Drawing extensively on primary sources the book examines the Union’s relations with the US and Russia in a time of shifting geostrategic calculations and priorities. With the EU capacity for enlargement slowing, this text presents a detailed assessment of EU security policies towards Central Europe, the Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. European Union Security will be of interest to students and scholars of the EU, security studies, and international relations.