New Security Issues in Northern Europe: The Nordic and Baltic States and the ESDP

by Clive Archer

From the publisher:
New Security Issues in Northern Europe examines the contribution the northern states of Europe – the Baltic andthe Nordic states – can make and have made to the European Union’s European Security and Defence Policy(ESDP), and what the ESDP means for them. It provides a strategic background to the defence and security policies of these countries and covers the security policies of the seven states – Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – and their reactions and contributions to the EU’s ESDP.

The contributions by these states to ESDP operations are viewed in a critical light although their positive political interventions to the policy are also noted. In particular, the contributors bring together fresh material on the security policies of the seven states, the way they are made, the effect on these policies of the ESDP and their input into the ESDP.

This book makes an important contribution to the debate about the development of what has become one of the most dynamic elements of the European Union.