The Economic and Security Challenges Facing NATO’s EU Member States

David Clowes

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Clowes, David. The Economic and Security Challenges Facing NATO’s EU Member States. Red. . : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie, 2018, 153 s. ISBN 978-83-7252-768-4

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W monografii wskazano główne regiony świata charakteryzujące się brakiem stabilności gospodarczej i politycznej oraz przeprowadzono klasyfikację państw członkowskich NATO ze względu na ponoszone wydatki na obronę. Omówione zostały metody pomiaru s...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-7252-768-4

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie

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2018

Liczba stron:

153

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ONIX MARC21

Introduction8
1. SECURITY CHALLENGES AND THE POWER RELATIONSHIP 14
1.1. The Need to Rethink Security Measures – Areas of Regional Instability14
1.2. Changes in World Military Spending – the Position of NATO19
1.3. NATO – Overview of the Alliance and Its Defence Spending22
1.4. Defence Spending and Its Importance – Choice and Impact27
2. THE CLINE FORMULA AND ITS APPLICABILITY 31
2.1. The Measurement of State Power – Selected Applications since the 1950s31
2.2. The Cline Formula – the Approach and the Choice of Indicators34
2.3. Modifications to Cline’s Formula – the Removal of Soft Power Components37
3. APPLICATION OF THE ECONOMIC-MILITARY POWER MODEL AND ITS RESULTS 39
3.1. The Structure of the Model – Components and Variables of a 3 × 2 System39
3.2. The Global Players – Total Power of the Grand Five44
3.3. Total Power Decomposed – Critical Mass, Economic Potential and Military Strength46
3.4. Total and European NATO Power – Contributions and Interpretations49
3.5. The Composition of European NATO Power – Contributions to European Security51
4. MEASURING NATO’S ECONOMIC-MILITARY POWER IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 57
4.1. The 3 × 3 Power Model – Modifications and Initial Results57
4.2. Critical Mass – Population, Country Size and Energy Production64
4.3. Economic Potential – GDP, Investment and Exports65
4.4. Public Spending – Defence, Public Order and Public Services67
5. NATO’S EAST AND WEST FLANKS AND THE TYPES OF SECURITY CHALLENGES AHEAD70
5.1. The Position on NATO’s Western Flank – the Main Players and the Limitations70
5.2. The Share of Defence in GDP – Changes in the West between 2002 and 201372
5.3. Defence Spending on NATO’s Eastern Flank – Comparative Analysis and Implications76
5.4. The Share of Defence in GDP – Changes in the East between 2002 and 201381
5.5. Russian-Ukrainian Security Relations – the Game Changer83
5.6. NATO in the Years Ahead – the EU and an EU Defence Force?87
6. PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SECURITY THREATS AND AN EVALUATION OF STATE RESPONSES 90
6.1. Concepts of Threats – Geographical and Private90
6.2. The Main Threats to Security in Europe – Regional Comparisons93
6.3. Selected EU State Responses – Future Outlooks96
Conclusion101
Appendices105
Bibliography126
List of Tables137
List of Figures139
Abstract in Polish140
List of Works Published by the Cracow University of Economics in a Special Series of Scientific Papers: Monographs143

militarisation,buthasalsoledtoconflictonNATO’sEasternFlankandactsof

terrorismintheEuropeanUnion.TheMemberStatesoftheEUvaryintermsof

history,levelsofdevelopment,nationalincomeanddefencecapabilities.Those

locatedincentralandeasternEuropejoinedtheEUandNATOlater.Assuch,

theyarestillcatchingupandworkingontheireconomicconvergencetrajectories.

InstabilityontheirEasternFlankthereforenecessitates,tosomeextent,atransfer

ofpowerfromcapableandwillingNATOstatestoreinforceexistingcapabilities

intheregion.

InrespectoftheEU,thechallengesassociatedwithshiftsinthebalanceof

powertotheeastarenotonlyeconomicbutalsosecurityones.Duetoitsrapid

expansion,Asiaisregardedasalong-termcompetitiveforceeconomically,while

theRussianFederation,inlightofitsannexationofCrimea,isviewedasathreat

potentialtoitssecurity.Itis,however,amajorsupplierofnaturalgastoanumber

oftheEUmemberstatesandanypotentialdisruptionsonthesupplysidecould

leadtograveeconomicandsecurityissues.Meanwhile,large-scalemigrant

inflows,enteringtheEUfromthesouth,placedownwardpressuresoncountries

andindividualcitiestoincreasesecuritymeasures.Toaddressthesesecuritychal-

lenges,certainfactionsoftheEUbelievethatthedeeperintegrationofitsMember

States–economically,politicallyandmilitarily–wouldleadtoasingleunified

powerthatisbetterequippedtorespond.ThiswouldmaketheEUoneofthemost

powerfulblocsintheworld.

However,duetoarangeofhistorical,geographical,economicandresource

considerations,theEU’sMemberStatesarenotfullyintegrated.Somebelieveit

willbenecessarytotransferpowerfromthemorecapableNATOstatestothose

inneedontheEasternFlank,whileothersinthesouthernStatesregardtheissue

ofmigrationtobeasimportant–ifnotmoreso.Thecentralaimofthisresearch,

therefore,istoascertainthetypesofchallengesconfrontingtheEUMember

StatesthatbelongtoNATO,andtounderstandtowhatextenttheyarecommitted

andabletosupportthealliance,andviceversa.

Thisbookhasbeenstructuredtoaddressthesechallengesandcontainssix

chapters.ChapterOneprovidesinsightintothemaintypesofthreatscurrently

confrontingtheworldasawhole,whileatthesametimeanalysingtrendsin

militaryspending.ThispavesthewayfortheintroductionoftheNATOalli-

ance,itsexpansionovertimeanditsdefencespending.NATOdefencespending

hasbeenfallingsince2009,whilenon-NATOEasternEuropehas,asawhole,

hasbeenincreasingitsexpendituremoresignificantlysincethen.Governments

closelymonitordefencespendinginneighbouringcountriesaswellasinregions

acrosstheworld,soasnottobeatacomparativedisadvantageorevenatrisk.

Theconcludingsubsectiontothefirstchapterthereforediscussestheimportance

aswellassomeoftheargumentsforandagainstdefencespending.

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