part Part I Introduction and analytical framework -- chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Analytical framework -- part Part II Neighbourhood interfaces -- chapter 3 EU recognition of the neighbourhood -- chapter 4 Post- Soviet interfaces -- chapter 5 Mediterranean interfaces -- part Part III Great power interfaces -- chapter 6 The Baltic interface -- chapter 7 The transatlantic interface -- part Part IV Conclusions -- chapter 8 Concluding remarks.
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A decade ago, Nordic cooperation on security and defence matters gained momentum, having been largely absent from the map of Nordic cooperation during the Cold War and its aftermath. This article analyses developments along three dimensions of Nordic cooperation: military defence (focusing on the Nordic Defence Cooperation), civil security (in the form of the 'Haga' process), and political cooperation (through the implementation of the Stoltenberg report). Three observations stand out as a result: First, that the three dimensions are intimately related against the background of a common Nordic conceptualization of security; second, that there is simultaneously variation in significant respects (such as driving forces, scope, and degree of institutionalization); and third, that Nordic security and defence cooperation has developed in the context of European and transatlantic security dynamics and cooperation. The second part of the analysis seeks to interpret this picture from the analytical perspective of differentiated integration. The article ends with a set of reflections on the future of Nordic security and defence cooperation in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
A decade ago, Nordic cooperation on security and defence matters gained momentum, having been largely absent from the map of Nordic cooperation during the Cold War and its aftermath. This article analyses developments along three dimensions of Nordic cooperation: military defence (focusing on the Nordic Defence Cooperation), civil security (in the form of the 'Haga' process), and political cooperation (through the implementation of the Stoltenberg report). Three observations stand out as a result: First, that the three dimensions are intimately related against the background of a common Nordic conceptualization of security; second, that there is simultaneously variation in significant respects (such as driving forces, scope, and degree of institutionalization); and third, that Nordic security and defence cooperation has developed in the context of European and transatlantic security dynamics and cooperation. The second part of the analysis seeks to interpret this picture from the analytical perspective of differentiated integration. The article ends with a set of reflections on the future of Nordic security and defence cooperation in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Evaluates the contributions of the Swedish presidency to the 2001 European Union (EU) Council's foreign policy agenda, highlighting relations between the EU & Russia/Northern Dimension (ND) areas. Continued implementation of the "Common Strategy for Russia" & strengthening of the ND were much discussed, but with relatively little concrete action in terms of the Swedish presidency's ambitions. These outcomes are related to questions concerning (1) the potential for presidential impact on the profile of the EU & its agenda, & (2) the institutional division of labor, particularly between the presidency & the European Commission. 11 References. K. Hyatt Stewart
In this article, some of the possibilities and obstacles involved in attaining stable peace in the Baltic Sea region are analysed. By stable peace is understood a relationship in which military conflict resolution has become unthinkable regardless of how serious a prospective conflict may become. It is argued that stable peace does not presently exist in the region as a whole, but that instead the situation resembles what is elaborated in this article as an integrative peace built on trust, one in which elements of security competition remain in place. The article establishes an analytical framework of different peace types around the concepts of distrust, trust and confidence. This framework is subsequently employed in an analysis of developments in the Baltic Sea region after the Cold War. The analysis shows that the extensive web of cooperative schemes in place in the region shows the promise of a move towards stable peace. In addition, democratic developments in the region generally point in the same direction. One word of caution concerns the democratic developments in Russia — while generally promising, this fundamental parameter remains to be settled permanently.
Examines changes following the Cold War, highlighting roles of European integration and a democratic Russia in regional security; theoretical and empirical perspectives. Types of peace include integrative peace built around the concepts of distrust, trust, and confidnece, cooperative schemes, and military conflict resolution.
