Applying the multiple public good model for establishing a security policy for Hungary
By: László.Kereki
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Description: This study was written with an aim to suggest a security policy approach for Hungary after becoming a member of NATO. The formulation of the country's security policy started with examination of security threats in general and analysis of Hungary's close security environment in particular. The analysis revealed that the threat of large scale military aggression has disappeared. However, other types of security challenges--economic crises, ethnic hostilities, environmental pollution, proliferation of weapons of mass      destruction--prevailed, and the military concerns of security has decreased in importance. The issues of  globalization, and diversification of threat perception could be addressed by cultivating a portfolio of security provisions. The multiple public good model suggested by Mark A. Boyer, an associate professor of political      science at University of Connecticut, for analyzing defense alliances was an appropriate approach to      formulation of Hungary's security policy. Based on the results from the threat assessment and the suggestions of the multiple good model, Hungary's security policy was introduced as a portfolio of defense provisions which in turn was Hungary's contribution to the Alliance. The evidence of contribution to the collective      defense was seen through an examination of Hungary's path toward acceptance into NATO and an analysis of domestic stakeholders. The suggested portfolio contained three particularly Important fields: economic cooperation as a means of spreading security eastward, handling the questions of ethnic minorities in neighboring countries, and modernization of the Hungarian Defense Force.
Notes: "June 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Katsuaki L. Terasawa.

Thesis (M.S. in International Resource Planning and Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.

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Hungarian Defense Force author.

dk/dk cc:9116 9/18/98.