European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security

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.

Autorentext

Giedrius esnakas is Professor at the General Jonas emaitis 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 emaitis Military Academy of Lithuania and a lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

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