Strategic Analysis and the Management of Power : Johan Jørgen Holst, the Cold War and the New Europe

The book is a tribute to Johan Jorgen Holst, Norway's late Minister of Foreign Affairs. It considers the outstanding issues of our time: the high politics of East/West confrontation and the post-Cold War readjustment in Europe. Holst contributed significant ideas to the handling of these issues. Though representing merely a small state, Johan Holst's mastery of the subject-matter and authoritative personal presence gave him an influential voice in high-level discourse on Western policy during more than two decades. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Reflections on Johan Jørgen Holst and Norwegian Foreign Policy....Pages 3-8 Johan Jørgen Holst....Pages 9-24 A Norwegian Perspective....Pages 25-30 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 Johan Jørgen Holst and Arms Control....Pages 33-36 On the Power of Wisdom during the East-West Conflict....Pages 37-46 East-West Security during the 1960s and 70s....Pages 47-57 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Europe after the Cold War....Pages 61-71 National and Collective Defence,and Foreign Military Intervention....Pages 72-76 How to Manage the Change....Pages 77-82 European Security after Maastricht....Pages 83-89 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Common Security as Seen from the 1990s....Pages 93-108 A Comment on the Palme Commission Report....Pages 109-112 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 Johan Jørgen Holst....Pages 115-132 On Being Even-handed....Pages 133-137 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Norway and European Integration....Pages 141-152 Security in Northern Europe....Pages 153-166 Johan Jørgen Holst, Nordic Security and the Broader Perspective....Pages 167-171 Front Matter....Pages 173-173 Peace in the Middle East....Pages 175-179 Norway as International Peacemaker....Pages 180-186 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 Towards a Policy of No First Use of Nuclear Weapons1....Pages 189-196 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 The New Europe....Pages 197-208 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 Policy, Politics and Analysis....Pages 211-223 Back Matter....Pages 224-253