In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State
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In War and Peace : Security and Defence Policy in a Small State. / Wivel, Anders.
The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics. red. / Peter Munk Christiansen; Jørgen Elklit; Peter Nedergaard. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. s. 453-469.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - In War and Peace
T2 - Security and Defence Policy in a Small State
AU - Wivel, Anders
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Military activism is a defining characteristic of Denmark’s security and defence policy. This policy reflects the combination of increased international demand for military engagement since the end of the Cold War and the ability and willingness of Danish decision-makers to meet this demand. Danish willingness is the result of a merger of two distinct Danish perspectives on the aims and means of security and defence policy of a small state, one focused on the short-term military defence of the country, the other on long-term diplomatic efforts at creating a more peaceful international order. In the eyes of Danish decision-makers, a changed security order after the Cold War collapsed the distinction between the two perspectives. They saw military activism as a route to short-term security as well as a more peaceful order in the future. Consequently, they reformed the Danish armed forces, giving up territorial defence in favour of expeditionary forces. However, defence expenditure remains well below the 2 percent NATO threshold for the near future.
AB - Military activism is a defining characteristic of Denmark’s security and defence policy. This policy reflects the combination of increased international demand for military engagement since the end of the Cold War and the ability and willingness of Danish decision-makers to meet this demand. Danish willingness is the result of a merger of two distinct Danish perspectives on the aims and means of security and defence policy of a small state, one focused on the short-term military defence of the country, the other on long-term diplomatic efforts at creating a more peaceful international order. In the eyes of Danish decision-makers, a changed security order after the Cold War collapsed the distinction between the two perspectives. They saw military activism as a route to short-term security as well as a more peaceful order in the future. Consequently, they reformed the Danish armed forces, giving up territorial defence in favour of expeditionary forces. However, defence expenditure remains well below the 2 percent NATO threshold for the near future.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - security policy
KW - defence policy
KW - Danish foreign policy
KW - small states
KW - Nordic model
KW - foreign policy
KW - Scandinavia
KW - Denmark
KW - Foreign Policy
KW - security policy
KW - defence policy
KW - Military operations
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.26
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.26
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-0-19-883359-8
SP - 453
EP - 469
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics
A2 - Christiansen, Peter Munk
A2 - Elklit, Jørgen
A2 - Nedergaard, Peter
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
ER -
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