Europe, strategy and armed forces : the making of a distinctive power / Sven Biscop & Jo Coelmont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biscop, Sven.

Contributor:

Coelmont, Jo.

Series:

Cass Military Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military planning--European Union countries.

Military planning.

European Union countries--Military policy.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 138 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines how the European Union can pursue a grand strategy and become a distinct global actor in a world of emerging great powers. At the grand strategic level, its sheer economic size makes the EU a global power. However, the EU needs to take into account that many international actors continue to measure power mostly by assessing military capability. To preserve its status as an economic power, therefore, the EU has to become a power across the board, which requires a grand strategy, and the means and the will to proactively pursue one.

Contents:

Europe, Strategy and Armed Forces The making of a distinctive power; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 EU grand strategy and foreign policy strategy; 2 A strategy for CSDP; 3 Military capability development in CSDP; 4 Military convergence through CSDP; 5 CSDP and NATO; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [128]-132) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-63919-5

1-283-45972-8

9786613459725

1-136-63920-9

0-203-80423-6

9780203804230

OCLC:

797918998