The European Neutrals And Nato: Non-alignment, Partnership, Membership? (new Security Challenges)
by Andrew Cottey /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book provides the first detailed comparative analysis of the
unusual partnership between the main European neutral states and
NATO. Neutrality and alliance membership are fundamentally
incompatible, but through the vehicle of NATO’s post-Cold War
partnerships the European neutral states and NATO have found a way
to bridge this gap and cooperate with one another. Based on case
studies of Austria, Finland, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland
written by leading experts, this book explores the detail of each
country’s relationship with NATO, the factors shaping those
relationships and whether any of these states are likely to abandon
neutrality and join NATO. The book also contributes to broader work
on foreign policy by exploring different explanations of the
European neutral states’ foreign and security policy choices.
This book provides the first detailed comparative analysis of the
unusual partnership between the main European neutral states and
NATO. Neutrality and alliance membership are fundamentally
incompatible, but through the vehicle of NATO’s post-Cold War
partnerships the European neutral states and NATO have found a way
to bridge this gap and cooperate with one another. Based on case
studies of Austria, Finland, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland
written by leading experts, this book explores the detail of each
country’s relationship with NATO, the factors shaping those
relationships and whether any of these states are likely to abandon
neutrality and join NATO. The book also contributes to broader work
on foreign policy by exploring different explanations of the
European neutral states’ foreign and security policy choices.
This book will be of interest to scholars of the European neutral
states, NATO and European security, as well as to those
interested in understanding the dynamics behind states foreign
policy choices.
This book will be of interest to scholars of the European neutral
states, NATO and European security, as well as to those
interested in understanding the dynamics behind states foreign
policy choices.