Essays in national defence
Journal: Doria (University of Helsinki)
Year: 2018

Background and motivation For many small countries with a long history of conflicts with a large neighbouring country, the question of national security has a high priority. Alternative survival strategies include a sufficiently strong defence capability in terms of the defence design and quality of defence materiel or, alternatively, a membership in a defence alliance. Such choices should be based on cost/benefit analyses. The urgency of such analyses becomes burning if tensions arise for one r