Public Opinion and European Security

Public support for European defence: Does strategic culture matter?

“…It has often been noted that support for European defence cooperation is very high across the EU (Eichenberg ; Kernic et al. ; Peters ). In 2007, more than three‐quarters of Europeans (77 per cent) responded positively to the question: ‘For each proposition, please tell me if you are for or against: a common security and defence policy for the Member States of the European Union’, while 8 per cent did not give their opinion.…”

Multifaceted Conscription: A Comparative Study of Six European Countries

“…Moreover, with the influx of new countries joining NATO in the 1990s and early 2000s, many European nations chose to downsize and transform their military forces to align with the new alliance, accommodate new member states, foster international cooperation and operations, and address the growing awareness of non-state actor threats (see, for example, Ajangiz, 2002;Haltiner, 2003;Szvircsev Tresch, 2005). This shift from conscription to AVF, long predicted by Moskos (1977), among others, has been well documented by many researchers (see, for example, Ajangiz, 2002;Haltiner, 1998Haltiner, , 2003Joenniemi, 2017;Kernic et al, 2005;Leander, 2004;Malešič, 2003;Mjøset & van Holde, 2002;Simon et al, 2011;Szvircsev Tresch, 2005). The transformational pivot towards AVF swept across Europe from west to east, starting in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1994 and 1996 (Manigart, 2012).…”

EU-medborgarna och stödet för en europeisk utrikes- og säkerhetspolitik

“…Vad innebär det att anlägga ett medborgarperspektiv på EU:s utrikes-och säkerhetspolitik? Av naturliga skäl är det först på senare år som det kommit arbeten om förhållandet mellan EU-medborgarna och GUSP och ESFP (Manigart 2001, Kernic, Callaghan & Manigart 2002, Berglund et al 2006, Ekman 2006). Det finns samtidigt en hel del tidigare forskning om förhållandet mellan medborgarattityder och en stats utrikespolitik.…”