Coping with Caveats in Coalition Warfare

This book develops a framework for analysis, and a set of research strategies, to better understand the conditions and mechanisms involved in the considerable use of caveats by states contributing militarily to coalition operations. In the professional language of military servicemen, security analysts and decision-makers, caveats refers to the reservations on the use of force states put on their military contingents as a precondition to participate in particular multinational enforcement operations. Such understood caveats are an instrument of statecraft and foreign policy. However, caveats also are a potential threat to the integrity and military effectiveness of the coalition force in question, and, further down the road, an erosion on the fabric of security alliances. This volume is ideal for audiences interested in military and defence studies, security studies and coalition warfare.

Deals with a topical and contentious issue: reluctant participation in coalition warfare Analyses an issue where present research is limited: national reservations on the use of force, which reduces the fighting capacity of the coalition force Provides a unique angle to the study of the politics of national reservations on the use of force in coalition operations (Foreign Policy Analysis)

Autorentext

Gunnar Fermann is Associate Professor at the Department for Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. Previously, he was Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Ch. 1 Making sense of the politics of caveats.- 2. Ch. 2 Caveats a case of what?.- 3. Ch. 3 Regulation of use of force in military organization and coalition forces.- 4. Ch. 4 Preparing the concept of caveats for empirical research.- 5. Ch. 5 The epistemological function of Foreign Policy Analysis in the empirical research program.- 6. Ch. 6 The essence of Foreign Policy Analysis (i): Modeling the foreign policy-making and implementing processes.- 7. Ch. 7 The essence of Foreign Policy Analysis (ii): Exploiting political theory at multiple levels of analyses to explain foreign policy-making processes and outcomes.- 8. Ch. 8 Alliance politics dynamics.- 9. Ch. 9 Domestic and governmental politics.- 10. Ch. 10 Politics of implementation.- 11. Ch. 11 Considerations and recommendations for the gathering and analyses of data.- 12. Ch. 12 Recapitulations and contributions