Looking for a ‘Berlin-Plus in Reverse’? NATO in Search of a New Strategic Concept

Kammel, Arnold H.; Zyla, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.orbis.2011.07.003

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“…The use of force should be reserved for the Petersberg Tasks (humanitarian and rescue missions, humanitarian aid, separation of warring factions and conflict prevention tasks 23 ) and for cases of self-defence (ESS 2003, 7). 24 Such provisions reveal a strong normative aversion of using military means to achieve political objectives and comprehensive definitions of security threats (Kammel and Zyla 2011;Kirchner and Sperling 2002) as well as behavioural preferences for civilian crisis management capabilities such as policing, the rule of law, strengthening civilian administration, as well as negotiation and consultation over violent military interventions (ESS 2003, 9), 25 which is also known as a comprehensive approach. That is to say that conflicts require a mixture of responses, including sanctions, export controls and political and economic engagements (Kirchner and Sperling 2007, 9).…”

Section: Behavioural Norms In Response To Threatsmentioning

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Untying the Knot? Assessing the compatibility of the American and European strategic culture under President Obama

Zyla

2015

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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This article analyses the similarities and differences of the latest American and European security strategies under President Obama in order to make inferences about the degree of compatibility of their deep-seated and shared norms, beliefs and ideas regarding the means and ends of national security, and to better understand the normative continuity/discontinuity of those norms of the Obama vs. Bush administration. Building upon constructivist work on strategic cultures, the article concentrates on a qualitative analysis of elite security discourses and disaggregates them into their normative and ideational components. By studying strategic cultures empirically and comparatively, the study fills a known void in the literature on strategic cultures. It finds that American and European norms, beliefs and ideas about the means and ends of national security policy are compatible with regards to challenges and threats as well as preferred modes of international cooperation; they are incompatible with regards to commonly held beliefs about the international system and how to address threats, which is worry some politically. Moreover, the article finds that there is a continuity in the US security strategies from President Bush to Obama.

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Untying the Knot? Assessing the compatibility of the American and European strategic culture under President Obama

Zyla

2015

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Germany as a Linchpin in Transatlantic Relations

Zyla

2012

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Zusammenfassung: Deutschland hat aufgrund seiner geographischen Lage, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Größe und Bedeutung innerhalb der EU eine besondere Rolle und Verantwortung für eine erfolgreiche Zukunft der transatlantischen allianz. sie erlaubt es Deutschland aktiv bei der Lösung transatlantischer Probleme zu helfen, diplomatischen spielraum im NaTO Bündnis zu schaffen und transatlantische Politik aktiv zu gestalten, anstatt stoisch die zentralen Bedeutung des Bündnisses zu rezitieren. Diese schlüsselstellung ( linchpin) wird im Folgenden anhand von zwei Themenkomplexen (NaTO/afghanistan sowie Russland) diskutiert.Abstract: Germany-given its geographical location, political and economic size and importance within the EU-has a special role and responsibility for the future of the transatlantic alliance. Germany is well-placed to be an effective partner in solving transatlantic problems, to help establish diplomatic leeway in the alliance, and to actively shape transatlantic policy rather than stoically reciting the central importance of the alliance. This key position of Germany is discussed below with reference to two subject areas: NaTO/afghanistan, and Russia.

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External Dimensions of EU Intelligence Cooperation

Gruszczak

2016

Intelligence Security in the European Union

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Looking for a ‘Berlin-Plus in Reverse’? NATO in Search of a New Strategic Concept

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Untying the Knot? Assessing the compatibility of the American and European strategic culture under President Obama

Untying the Knot? Assessing the compatibility of the American and European strategic culture under President Obama

Germany as a Linchpin in Transatlantic Relations

External Dimensions of EU Intelligence Cooperation

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