Debating European security and defense policy
Subtitle: understanding the complexity
By: by Maxime H.A. Larivé
Series: Global interdisciplinary studies series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781472409959; 9781472409966; 9781472409973
Subjects: Military policy; Defenses; National security; Strategic culture; Common Security and Defence Policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Is neorealism best suited to explain the integration of EU defense and security policies?; title: Do the different versions of liberalism offer the right tools in order to explain integration in high politics?; title: How does social constructivism contribute to the debate on the integration of the EU's common security and defense policy?; title: Was the end of the cold war a driver toward integration of the EU security and defense policy?; title: Was the US a factor in deepening the integration process of EU security policy?; title: Has the 2008 financial crisis been an engine fostering the integration process in EU security and defense policies?; title: Does the EU have a true global security strategy?; title: Are the member states the main driving forces in the integration of the EU defense and security policies?; title: Has the high representative been the unquestioned figure in the making of the EU as a global actor?; title: Has the CSDP become the instrument for foreign intervention and engagement envisioned by the member states and the EU?; title: Concluding remarks; title: References.