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Complexity, strategy and the national interest
In: International affairs, Band 90, Heft 3, S. 525-539
ISSN: 1468-2346
Complexity, strategy and the national interest
In: International affairs, Band 90, Heft 3, S. 525-539
ISSN: 0020-5850
British civil-military relations and the problem of risk
In: International affairs, Band 88, Heft 2, S. 265-282
ISSN: 1468-2346
British civil-military relations and the problem of risk
In: International affairs, Band 88, Heft 2, S. 265-282
ISSN: 0020-5850
Drawing primarily on the experience of the UK since 2001, this article examines the increasing prevalence of risk as an organizing concept for western defence and security planning and its implications for civil-military relations and strategy-making. It argues that there may be tensions between such approaches and the principles of good strategy-making, which aim to link means and resources to ends in a coherent manner. Not only does risk potentially blur the relationship between means and ends in the strategy-making process, it also exposes it to contestation, with multiple interpretations of what the risks actually are and the strategic priority (and commitment) which should be attached to them. The article examines these tensions at three levels of risk contestation for British defence: institutions, operations and military-society relations. In the case of the UK, it contends that the logic of risk has not been able to provide the same national motivation and sense of strategic purpose as the logic of threat. In this context, calls for a reinvigoration of traditional strategy-making or a renewed conception of national interest may be missing a more fundamental dissonance between defence policy, civil-military relations and the wider security context. More widely, the strategic ennui that some western states have been accused of may not simply be a product of somehow falling out of the habit of strategy-making or an absence of 'political will'. Instead, it may reflect deeper social and geostrategic trends which constrain and complicate the use of military force and obscure its utility in the public imagination. (International Affairs (Oxford) / SWP)
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The defence dilemma in Britain
In: International affairs, Band 86, Heft 2, S. 377-394
ISSN: 0020-5850
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The defence dilemma in Britain
In: International affairs, Band 86, Heft 2, S. 377-394
ISSN: 1468-2346
Illiberal resilience in Serbia
In: Journal of democracy, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 128-142
ISSN: 1045-5736
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Illiberal Resilience in Serbia
In: Journal of democracy, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 128-142
ISSN: 1086-3214
Since 2000, overt resistance to democratization in Serbia has been rare. However, illiberal actors and networks have persisted within the formal framework of democracy itself; coopting formal institutions to their own particularist interests and adapting to the constraints and opportunities of electoral competition. Though rooted in domestic political culture, this process can only be understood as part of a dynamic interaction with international policy. The project of liberal democracy in Serbia has thus become transnational; both underpinned and undermined by the actions and policies of external actors.
Serbia has become a country where political contention is vigorous, but illiberal forces have shown an ability to adapt to the new conditions.
Intelligence agencies and democratisation: continuity and change in Serbia after Milošević
In: Europe Asia studies, Band 60, Heft 1, S. 25-48
ISSN: 0966-8136
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Intelligence agencies and democratisation: Continuity and change in Serbia after Milošević
In: Europe Asia studies, Band 60, Heft 1, S. 25-48
ISSN: 1465-3427
What are armed forces for? The changing nature of military roles in Europe
In: International affairs, Band 82, Heft 6, S. 1059-1075
ISSN: 1468-2346
What are armed forces for?: The changing nature of military roles in Europe
In: International affairs, Band 82, Heft 6, S. 1059-1075
ISSN: 0020-5850
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Civil–military Relations in Serbia–Montenegro: An Army in Search of a State1
In: European security, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 115-135
ISSN: 1746-1545