European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security
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European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security

In the Shadow of Power

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eBook - ePub

European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security

In the Shadow of Power

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. 1 Introduction: Small States, International Institutions, and European Strategic Autonomy
  12. 2 European Strategic Autonomy: The Origins Story
  13. 3 Revisiting France’s Commitment to Defence Integration: A Case of Political Functionalism
  14. 4 Germany: The Renewed Quest for Strategic Autonomy
  15. 5 Poland’s Resilient Atlanticism
  16. 6 US Foreign Policy during the Biden Presidency: A Reset in the US Approach towards the EU Strategic Autonomy?
  17. 7 Through the Estonian Looking Glass: Can NATO’s Credible Deterrence and EU Strategic Autonomy Succeed Simultaneously?
  18. 8 Military Capabilities First, Politics Later: Latvia’s Approach to European Strategic Autonomy
  19. 9 European Strategic Autonomy in Lithuania’s Foreign Policy Discourse
  20. 10 European Strategic Autonomy: Opportunities and Threats for Denmark
  21. 11 Belgium and European Strategic Autonomy
  22. 12 Dutch Security and Defence Policy: From Faithful Ally to Pragmatic European
  23. 13 A Reluctant Supporter: The Hungarian Perspective on European Strategic Autonomy
  24. 14 Shared Values and Common Borders: Why Greece Views European Strategic Autonomy as an Opportunity
  25. 15 Conclusions: Domination of Pragmatism towards the European Strategic Autonomy
  26. Index