The European Union and National Defence Policy (State and the European Union)

Filling a surprising gap in existing studies, this book addresses many of the unanswered questions surrounding the role of european integration in shaping national defence policy. The impressive array of contributors consider the pressures on state policy emanating from the process of integration. The book is divided into three distinct parts: \* an outline of the tortuous history of attempts to link defence with European integration \* a study of the four larger member states - France, Germany, Italy and the UK as well as a chapter on The Netherlands;\* an analysis of the effects of the nuclear weapons and arms procurement policies. This, the second book in The State and the European Union series, sheds light on an increasingly important and topical aspect of contemporary European security and will be essential reading for those studying European Politics, Public Policy and International Relations. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Illustrations......Page 8 Contributors......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 11 DEFENCE, INTEGRATION AND THE STATE......Page 12 CONSTRAINTS ON THE AUTONOMY OF THE STATE......Page 15 THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK......Page 18 REFERENCES......Page 19 1 National defence and European security integration......Page 22 NOTES......Page 31 REFERENCES......Page 32 2 France......Page 34 THE 1980S AND THE EMERGENCE OF ‘EUROPEANISATION’......Page 35 The new definition of ‘security’......Page 39 Nuclear doctrine......Page 40 Strategic doctrine......Page 43 The institutional framework......Page 44 Europeanisation and procurement......Page 48 The role of prevention......Page 50 The defence industry and europeanisation......Page 51 NOTES......Page 53 REFERENCES......Page 56 GERMANY AND EUROPEAN DEFENCE......Page 60 Domestic pressures......Page 64 International pressures......Page 66 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND DEFENCE AUTONOMY......Page 69 CONCLUSIONS......Page 72 NOTES......Page 73 REFERENCES......Page 74 4 Italy......Page 76 TRENDS IN ITALIAN DEFENCE POLICY SINCE 1945......Page 78 THE CONDITION OF THE ARMED FORCES......Page 82 FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENCE POLICY: THE CHANGING EUROPEAN CONTEXT......Page 85 THE DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT AND DECISION MAKING......Page 89 CONCLUSION......Page 91 REFERENCES......Page 94 INTRODUCTION......Page 96 THE EVOLUTION OF POST-WAR DEFENCE POLICY......Page 98 THE DUTCH DEFENCE POSTURE AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR......Page 103 THE FUTURE OF DUTCH DEFENCE POLICY......Page 108 CONCLUSION......Page 110 NOTES......Page 111 REFERENCES......Page 112 6 The United Kingdom......Page 114 NOTES......Page 127 REFERENCES......Page 128 INTRODUCTION......Page 130 ARTICLE 223 AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION......Page 131 PRESSURES FOR OPEN COMPETITION......Page 133 COLLABORATION—AN ALTERNATIVE......Page 134 POST-COLD WAR PRESSURES......Page 137 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS......Page 140 A MODEST WAY FORWARD......Page 145 REFERENCES......Page 147 INTRODUCTION......Page 150 THE DEBATE OVER, AND PRESSURE FOR, EUROPEANISATION......Page 151 The prevalence of Atlanticism......Page 152 Challenges of sovereignty and status......Page 153 Institutional limitations......Page 154 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A EUROPEAN NUCLEAR IDENTITY: POSSIBILITIES......Page 155 CONCLUSION......Page 160 REFERENCES......Page 161 THE EUROPEAN UNION, DEFENCE POLICY AND STATE AUTONOMY......Page 164 NATO AND EUROPEAN DEFENCE CO-OPERATION......Page 169 CONCLUSION......Page 177 REFERENCES......Page 179 Index......Page 182 This timely study, the second book in the State and the European Union Series, addresses many of the unanswered questions surrounding the role of european integration in shaping national defence policy. Edited By Jolyon Howorth And Anand Menon. Includes Bibliographical Referencs And Index.