Europe, Strategy and Armed Forces

The making of a distinctive power

Nonfiction, History, Western Europe, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Security, Military
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Author: Sven Biscop, Jo Coelmont ISBN: 9781136639197
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 1, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sven Biscop, Jo Coelmont
ISBN: 9781136639197
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 1, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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. The authors of this book aim to demonstrate that the EU can develop a purposive yet distinctive grand strategy that preserves the value-based nature of EU external action while also safeguarding its vital economic interests.

The book analyses the existing military capability of the European Union and its bottom-up nature, which results in a national-based focus in the member-states, impeding deployment capability. A systematic realignment of national defence planning at the strategic level will enable each member-states to focus its defence effort on the right capabilities, make maximal use of pooling and specialization, and contribute to multinational projects in order to address Europe’s strategic capability shortfalls. A stronger Europe will therefore result, it is argued, a real global actor, which can then become an equal strategic partner to the United States, leading to a revitalized Transatlantic partnership in turn.

This book will be of interest to students of military studies, European Union policy, strategic studies and International Relations generally.

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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. The authors of this book aim to demonstrate that the EU can develop a purposive yet distinctive grand strategy that preserves the value-based nature of EU external action while also safeguarding its vital economic interests.

The book analyses the existing military capability of the European Union and its bottom-up nature, which results in a national-based focus in the member-states, impeding deployment capability. A systematic realignment of national defence planning at the strategic level will enable each member-states to focus its defence effort on the right capabilities, make maximal use of pooling and specialization, and contribute to multinational projects in order to address Europe’s strategic capability shortfalls. A stronger Europe will therefore result, it is argued, a real global actor, which can then become an equal strategic partner to the United States, leading to a revitalized Transatlantic partnership in turn.

This book will be of interest to students of military studies, European Union policy, strategic studies and International Relations generally.

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