Format:
1 online resource (412 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203168509
Content:
This book analyses the internal sources of foreign policy within those NATO states whose primary security concerns lie in the southern area of the Alliance. It takes a careful look at foreign and defence policy formulation and assesses the special perspective of each of these countries inturn and the military threats that they face. Attention is paid to the role of the military in society, especially in the geographically peripheral states, as the Alliance seeks to adapt to a possible shift southward of some of its security concerns. A full understanding of the politics in each of these states is essential to determine the relative importance of national and Alliance priorities in each country as the tensions between external policies and internal necessities increase. The book offers an assessment of evolving security requirements in the southern region and of the capacity of NATO Mediterranean states to deal individually and collectively with the changing situation.
Content:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- NATO and the Security Problems of the Southern Region: From the Azores to Ardahan -- Allies in the Mediterranean: Legacy of Fragmentation -- Portuguese Defence Policy: Internal Politics and Defence Commitments -- Spain and NATO: Internal Debate and External Challenges -- Italy: A New Role in the Mediterranean? -- Greece and NATO: Continuity and Change -- Turkey and the Southern Flank: Domestic and External Contexts -- NATO's Southern Region: National versus Alliance Priorities -- The Authors -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415004855
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415004855
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=167568
