The Renationalization of European Defense Cooperation

The Renationalization of European Defense Cooperation

Author(s): Daniel Keohane
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Book Title: Strategic Trends 2016: Key Developments in Global Affairs
Series: Strategic Trends
Pages: 9-28
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Place: Zurich

European governments need to cooperate on defense matters. Orthodoxy holds that this cooperation should be directed by NATO and the EU. In fact it is national governments that are driving European defense cooperation, and they are doing so in a variety of ways. Their methods include bilateral, regional and ad hoc arrangements, as well as working through the Brussels-based institutions. The success of European defense cooperation, therefore, will depend on the convergence or divergence of national policies.
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