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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815393803321

Autore

Biscop Sven

Titolo

Europe, strategy and armed forces : the making of a distinctive power / / Sven Biscop & Jo Coelmont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

1-136-63919-5

1-283-45972-8

9786613459725

1-136-63920-9

0-203-80423-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 138 pages)

Collana

Cass Military Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

CoelmontJo

Disciplina

355/.03354

Soggetti

Military planning - European Union countries

European Union countries Military policy

European Union countries Armed Forces

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 (p. [128]-132) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Europe, Strategy and Armed Forces The making of a distinctive power; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 EU grand strategy and foreign policy strategy; 2 A strategy for CSDP; 3 Military capability development in CSDP; 4 Military convergence through CSDP; 5 CSDP and NATO; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how the European Union can pursue a grand strategy and become a distinct global actor in a world of emerging great powers. At the grand strategic level, its sheer economic size makes the EU a global power. However, the EU needs to take into account that many international actors continue to measure power mostly by assessing military capability. To preserve its status as an economic power, therefore, the EU has to become a power across the board, which requires a grand strategy, and the means and the will to proactively pursue one.