High on reassurance, low on deterrence – Germany’s stance on strengthening NATO’s eastern flank
Title | High on reassurance, low on deterrence – Germany’s stance on strengthening NATO’s eastern flank PDF eBook |
Author | Justyna Gotkowska |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
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Europe's Evolving Deterrence Discourse
Title | Europe's Evolving Deterrence Discourse PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Péczeli |
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Release | 2021-02-15 |
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ISBN | 9781952565090 |
For decades, nuclear deterrence has been at the heart of the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Europe. It underpins European security, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continuously commits to remaining a nuclear alliance as long as nuclear weapons exist. And yet, with a few important exceptions, transatlantic dialogue on nuclear issues largely declined with the end of the Cold War, particularly among non-governmental experts--and has only started to be revived in recent years. Rebuilding deterrence dialogue in response to a shifting strategic landscape is an important step in strengthening not only the transatlantic partnership, but also European security. This paper collection explores the evolving deterrence dialogue in Europe and identifies ways to inject new momentum into that dialogue. Renewed attention on the issue is particularly timely as European actors confront an adventurist Russia, rising China, and new technologies that will impact nuclear deterrence, U.S.-Europe relations, and institutions such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Partners of First Resort
Title | Partners of First Resort PDF eBook |
Author | David McKean |
Publisher | Brookings Institution Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2021-03-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0815738528 |
" Fostering a transatlantic renaissance to salvage the Western alliance Is the Western alliance, which brought together the United States and Europe after World War II, in an inevitable state of decline, and if so, can anything be done to repair it? There seems little doubt that fragmentation of the Western alliance was under way even before Donald Trump's unorthodox policymaking broadened the schism. Opinions differ as to the next step, however, with some taking the current divisions as a given and advocating the creation of a new group of like-minded democracies that would exclude the United States,while others seek to exploit the rift in hopes of furthering their own nationalistic ambitions for a postliberal world. The authors outline a “transatlantic renaissance,” in which U.S. and European leaders would work together to craft a new Atlantic Charter that would restore the liberal objectives that animated the Western alliance for more than seven decades. Modernizing institutional relationships across the Atlantic should help both the United States and Europe address common challenges jointly and improve burdensharing. The world needs a vibrant and energetic West to protect fundamental values from illiberal forces, both internal and external. "
Reinforcing Deterrence on NATO's Eastern Flank
Title | Reinforcing Deterrence on NATO's Eastern Flank PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Shlapak |
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Pages | 15 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Baltic States |
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"Russia's recent aggression against Ukraine has disrupted nearly a generation of relative peace and stability between Moscow and its Western neighbors and raised concerns about its larger intentions. From the perspective of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the threat to the three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- former Soviet republics, now member states that border Russian territory -- may be the most problematic of these. In a series of war games conducted between summer 2014 and spring 2015, RAND Arroyo Center examined the shape and probable outcome of a near-term Russian invasion of the Baltic states. The games' findings are unambiguous: As presently postured, NATO cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members. Fortunately, it will not require Herculean effort to avoid such a failure. Further gaming indicates that a force of about seven brigades, including three heavy armored brigades -- adequately supported by airpower, land-based fires, and other enablers on the ground and ready to fight at the onset of hostilities -- could suffice to prevent the rapid overrun of the Baltic states"--Publisher's web site.
The Debate on NATO Enlargement
Title | The Debate on NATO Enlargement PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
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Pages | 564 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Political Science |
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Conventional Deterrence
Title | Conventional Deterrence PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Mearsheimer |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1985-08-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1501713256 |
Conventional Deterrence is a book about the origins of war. Why do nations faced with the prospect of large-scale conventional war opt for or against an offensive strategy? John J. Mearsheimer examines a number of crises that led to major conventional wars to explain why deterrence failed. He focuses first on Allied and German decision making in the years 1939–1940, analyzing why the Allies did not strike first against Germany after declaring war and, conversely, why the Germans did attack the West. Turning to the Middle East, he examines the differences in Israeli and Egyptian strategic doctrines prior to the start of the major conventional conflicts in that region. Mearsheimer then critically assays the relative strengths and weaknesses of NATO and the Warsaw Pact to determine the prospects for conventional deterrence in any future crisis. He is also concerned with examining such relatively technical issues as the impact of precision-guided munitions (PGM) on conventional deterrence and the debate over maneuver versus attrition warfare.Mearsheimer pays considerable attention to questions of military strategy and tactics. Challenging the claim that conventional detrrence is largely a function of the numerical balance of forces, he also takes issue with the school of thought that ascribes deterrence failures to the dominance of "offensive" weaponry. In addition to examining the military consideration underlying deterrence, he also analyzes the interaction between those military factors and the broader political considerations that move a nation to war.
The Ukrainian Crisis and European Security
Title | The Ukrainian Crisis and European Security PDF eBook |
Author | F. Stephen Larrabee |
Publisher | RAND Corporation |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780833088345 |
Discusses the implications of Russia's annexation of Crimea and attempt to destabilize eastern Ukraine for European security and the United States, particularly the U.S. Army.