Military Strategies of the New European Allies

This book analyses how and to what extent ex-communist states have adjusted their defence strategies since joining the EU and NATO, and how differences and similarities between their strategies can be explained.

Autorentext

Håkan Edström is an associate professor in Political Science and a senior lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm.

Jacob Westberg is an associate professor in War Studies and a senior lecturer in Security policy and Strategy at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm.

Inhalt

PART I - Theoretical & Methodological Considerations: Framing the Research Design 1. Strategic Adjustment in Central and Eastern Europe 2. Analysing and Explaining Strategic Adjustment and Diversity 3. Operationalising the Dependent Variable: Defence Strategy PART II - The Empirical Exploration 4. **The Strategy of Bulgaria 5. The Strategy of Croatia 6. The Strategy of the Czech Republic (Czechia) 7. The Strategy of Estonia 8. The Strategy of Hungary 9. The Strategy of Latvia 10. The Strategy of Lithuania 11. The Strategy of Poland 12. The Strategy of Romania 13. The Strategy of Slovakia 14. The Strategy of Slovenia PART III - Explaining the Findings** 15. The Aggregated Result of the Empirical Exploration 16. Explaining the Diversity of Strategic Responses 17. Conclusions