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1 online resource (167 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy Ser |
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Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; References; 1. Values and geopolitics: Europe is who and where it is; Ukraine: how not to do things; Blind for "the dark side of the force"; Europe's strategic dependence; The weakness of Europe's strong story; Implicit pragmatism; Gaps in European strategy; Notes; References; 2. Strategy: what can Europe do, what does Europe want?; Values?; Promoting values?; The pragmatic middle way: equality; Exporting equality |
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No equality without sovereigntyRealpolitik with European characteristics; Mogherini's priorities; Real and realistic; Notes; References; 3. Europe and the (other) great powers; With friends like these . . .; Unpredictability and unreason; Beyond Trump; A chance with China; Ambition in Asia; A Russian threat?; Patient toward Russia; The EU-Russia-China triangle; The multilateral context; Notes; References; 4. Europe and its neighbours; "Zwischeneuropa"; Whose resilience?; "Allies" in the south; European interventions; Security guarantees; Notes; References; 5. Europe, military power, and NATO |
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Doctrine: the waysFighting for Europe: the reasons why; Minimal intervention; Fighting for justice; Defending Europe; The military level of ambition; What about NATO?; Division of labour; Toward an EU-US alliance?; Notes; References; 6. European defence and maybe even a European army; Budgets and percentages; Military sovereignty; Military integration: enablers; Military integration: combat units; A role for the European Commission; A puzzle; References; 7. Brexit, strategy, and the EU: Britain takes leave; In the beginning; Illusions; Out of the EU, but in NATO; Out of the EU, but in Europe |
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But what about foreign policy?A new "special relationship"?; Pragmatism versus emotion; 8. Conclusion: which Europe are we doing this for?; Fretting; The dangerous geopolitics of populism; A geopolitical void; Back to basics; A core group?; Big politics; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book argues that Europe, through the European Union (EU), should act as a great power in the 21st century. The course of world politics is determined by the interaction between great powers. Those powers are the US, the established power; Russia, the declining power; China, the rising power; and the EU, the power that doesn't know whether it wants to be a power. If the EU does not just want to undergo the policies of the other powers it will have to become one itself, but it should differ in its strategy. In this book, Sven Biscop seeks to demonstrate that the EU has the means to pursue a distinctive great power strategy, a middle way between dreamy idealism and unprincipled pragmatism, and can play a crucial stabilizing role in this increasingly unstable world. Written by a leading scholar, this book will be of much interest to students of European security, EU policy, strategic studies and international relations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Security, International -- European Union countries
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HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Brexit.
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China.
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CSDP.
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EU policy.
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foreign policy.
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grand strategy.
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great powers.
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NATO.
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Russia.
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USA.
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics and government
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Security, International
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| SUBJECT |
European Union countries -- Politics and government
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European Union countries -- Foreign relations
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429764004 |
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0429764006 |
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9780429763991 |
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0429763999 |
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9780429763984 |
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0429763980 |
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9780429427442 |
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0429427441 |
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