European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security: In the Shadow of Power

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Giedrius Česnakas (General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania) Justinas Juozaitis (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)

European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security

In the Shadow of Power

Giedrius Česnakas (General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania), Justinas Juozaitis (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)

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English

Routledge
04 October 2024

Military engineering

Series: Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy

This book analyses whether the EU’s drift towards European strategic autonomy presents a challenge or a window of opportunity for its small member states to advance their security interests.

The volume presents small states’ perceptions of European strategic autonomy, highlighting their expectations and concerns. The chapters focus on the depth and breadth of European strategic autonomy, national security considerations, assessment of the impact on transatlantic relations, the expected outputs, and its potential impact on the EU’s institutional structure. It also shows how systemic circumstances and the interests of powerful states, either belonging to the EU (France, Germany, and Poland) or having a significant say in European security architecture (the US), establish opportunities and constraints for the small states to shape European strategic autonomy. In particular, the study focuses on the diverging interests of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, and the Netherlands. It demonstrates that, in most cases, European strategic autonomy is perceived not as an alternative to NATO but as a supplementary element that could facilitate the development of national military capabilities, indigenous defence industries and resilience to non-military threats. Ultimately, the book suggests that national approaches towards European strategic autonomy mainly stem from pragmatic national security and foreign policy considerations, while largely ignoring grand strategic ideas.

This book will be of much interest to students of European politics, security studies, and international relations.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Edited by: Giedrius Česnakas (General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania), Justinas Juozaitis (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9781032350097
ISBN 10: 1032350091
Series: Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 04 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giedrius Česnakas is Professor at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, heading undergraduate and graduate political studies programmes. Justinas Juozaitis is Policy analyst at the Centre for Defence Analysis at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania and a lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.

Reviews for European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security: In the Shadow of Power

'In a world that is too often preoccupied with great power politics, this book is a much-needed and timely contribution for understanding the other side of international relations, small states. It should be required reading for anyone wishing to examine contemporary European politics and security.' Marc Ozawa, NATO Defense College, Rome 'By bringing together for the first time scholars from small states to write about European small states’ perceptions of, and engagements with, European strategic autonomy, this book addresses an important gap in the academic literature on European defence. It is a crucial introduction for those interested in the subject.' Lukas Milevski, Institute of History, Leiden University, the Netherlands 'This monograph, in arguing that the concept of European strategic autonomy is both a challenge to and an opportunity for the national security interests of the small states of the EU, presents vital lessons for all small states facing the vicissitudes of Great Power assertiveness and aggression.' Bernard Loo Fook Weng, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore