1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462724303321

Titolo

National perspectives on Russia : European foreign policy in the making? / / edited by Maxine David, Jackie Gower and Hiski Haukkala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-49516-0

1-135-04967-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 94

Altri autori (Persone)

DavidMaxine

GowerJackie

HaukkalaHiski

Disciplina

327.4704

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Europe

Europe Foreign relations Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction / Maxine David, Jackie Gower and Hiski Haukkala -- 2. Germany / Susan Stewart -- 3. France / Rachel Le Noan -- 4. Ireland and the United Kingdom / Maxine David -- 5. Italy / Riccardo Alcaro -- 6. Poland / Bartosz Cichocki -- 7. Portugal and Spain / Licínia Simão -- 8. Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands / Tom Casier -- 9. Denmark, Finland and Sweden / Tobias Etzold and Hiski Haukkala -- 10. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania / Ainius Lašas and David J. Galbreath -- 11. Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia / Martin Dangerfield -- 12. Bulgaria / Diana Bozhilova -- 13. Romania / Mircea Micu -- 14. Austria / Paul Luif and Martin Malek -- 15. Slovenia / Jackie Gower -- 16. Malta / Arsalan Alshinawi --17. Cyprus and Greece / George Christou --18. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a ground-breaking comparative study of the bilateral relations of all 27 EU member states with Russia and an assessment of their impact on the EU's efforts to conduct a coherent and effective policy towards its most important neighbour.While there has been a lot of research on European foreign policy, there has been much less on the role that national foreign policies play in it. Based on



a common analytical framework, this book offers a detailed analysis of 'national perspectives on Russia' and how they interact with and affect policymaking at the EU-level.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781889003321

Autore

Serena Chad C

Titolo

A revolution in military adaptation [[electronic resource] ] : the US Army in the Iraq War / / Chad C. Serena

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-58901-800-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044/340973

Soggetti

Strategic culture - United States

Organizational change

Organizational effectiveness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Decisions in the post-Cold War period -- The transformation of the U.S. Army -- The invasion of Iraq and compelled adaptation -- U.S. Army adaptation organizational inputs -- U.S. Army adaptation organizational outputs and learning -- The U.S. Army and the post-9/11 international security environment in perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Iraq plunged into a complex insurgency, and defeating this insurgency required beating highly adaptive foes. A competition between the hierarchical and vertically integrated army and networked and horizontally integrated insurgents ensued. The latter could quickly adapt and conduct networked operations in a decentralized fashion; the former was predisposed to fighting via prescriptive plans under a centralized command and control. To achieve success, the US A