Many of the US criticisms of Western European reluctance to engage in
the 2004 war in Iraq stem from a perception that these governments are
'weak on defence' or unwilling to 'pull their own weight' in the
international system. Secretary Rumsfeld pejoratively designated
traditional Atlantic Alliance allies as 'Old Europe', to distinguish
them from the freshly minted, cooperative states of 'New Europe'. In
doing so, Rumsfeld accused 'Old Europe' of yet again relying on the
United States to solve shared security problems. This volume
critically evaluates the validity of this view of Western European
choices and policies. Rather than a primary reliance on military force
as first line defence, it proposes that Western European governments
are expanding the set of tools they have to apply to the post-Cold War
array of security and defence problems. The volume examines the
emergent European security approach from multiple perspectives, in
multiple institutions and identities, and in different geographic
contexts.
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ISBN
9781351152181
Publisert
2017
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok