Contemporary European security /

Contemporary European Security explores the complex European security architecture and introduces students to the empirical, theoretical and conceptual approaches to studying the subject. Written by experts in each subfield, it addresses key topics within the wider strategic context of international...

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Other Authors: Galbreath, David J. (Editor), Mawdsley, Jocelyn (Editor), Chappell, Laura, 1980- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
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Summary:Contemporary European Security explores the complex European security architecture and introduces students to the empirical, theoretical and conceptual approaches to studying the subject. Written by experts in each subfield, it addresses key topics within the wider strategic context of international security. Presenting traditional and critical debates to illuminate this ever-changing field it addresses specifically European security since 2000 and the end of the Cold War, the evolution of International Relations theories in understanding security in Europe, the role of NATO in the postwar period and its strategy, impact and enlargement, the institutionalization of the CSCE and the political tensions within the OSCE, the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy and recent policy initiatives in defence, feminist conceptions of European security, European military innovation, security challenges in the post-Soviet space and the growing instability in the Middle East and North Africa, the emergence of human security and internal and societal security. This essential textbook will be of key interests to students and scholars of European security, security and military studies, strategic studies, European politics and international relations.
Physical Description:xvi, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780415473569
041547356X
9780415473576
0415473578