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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Unia Europejska, bezpieczeństwo, NATO

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

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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

Europedifferently–attimewhenpoliticiansintheEuropeanParliamenthave

giventhegreenlightforplanningandresearchtocommenceonthecreationof

aEuropeanUnionDefenceForce.

Theconcludingchaptertothiswork,inlightoftheabove,reportsEUMember

Statesviewsonthemostimportantchallengestobetackled.Theseincluded

unemployment,socialinequalities,migrationissuesandterrorismandsecurity

issues.AgreatershareoftheEUstatesregardunemploymentasthemainpriority.

ThechapterthereforeprogressestoquestionstateslocatedinSouthernand

EasternEuropeastowhichcountrytheyperceivetobethemainsourceofthreat.

Italsoquestionsalargernumberofstatesfromtheregionastowhetherthey

associateNATOwithprotectionoraspotentialthreattotheirterritory.Theresults

gatheredfromacrossseventeenstatessuggestthatalargershareofthemdonot

associateNATOwiththeprotectionoftheirhomeland.Theconcludingparttothe

chapterdiscussesfuturecoursesofactioninrespectofdefencespendingandthe

positionofselectedStatesonthetypesofthreatstheyface.

Inconclusion,theworkfindsthatEuropeisafairlypeacefulcontinentwhen

comparedwithotherregionsoftheworld.Globalisation,however,hasledtolead-

ershipchallenges,politicaldivisions,resourcewars,conflictandincreasedmilita-

risation.ThishasfedintotheEuropeanUnionfromEasternEurope,theMiddle

EastandNorthernAfricaandaffectedtheMemberStatesdifferently,causing

specificregionaleconomicandsecuritychallenges.TheEUMemberStatesof

NATOvaryintermsofincomeanddefencecapabilitiesandthiscontributesin

determiningtheirindividuallevelsofcomparativetotalpower.Furthermore,

easternandsouthernEUMemberStatesnotonlyhavelowerlevelsofincome

thantheirwesterncounterparts,buttheyalsofacethegreatestnationalsecurity

threats–namely,conventionalandhybridformsofwarfareandalsomigration.

Atransferofpowerfromthestrongerstatestothoseinneedofreinforcements

isconsideredanecessarysteptowardsmaintainingpeaceandstability.However,

NATOisnotadequatelygeareduptodealwiththespectrumofthreatsandchal-

lengesconfrontingboththesouthandtheeast,especiallygivenitsmoreconven-

tionalroleduringtheColdWarandsubsequentdownsizing.Furthermore,notall

NATOmemberssupportthealliancefinanciallyand/orkeepitscapabilitiesupto

date.ThisispartiallydowntotheeffectsoftheEurozonecrisisandtheneedfor

somestatestoprioritisedebtmanagementwhilesupportingtheunemployedvia

thetransferofsocialwelfarepayments.Otherstatesaregeographicallydistant

fromthoseneighbouringconflictsand/ordealingwithmassimmigration,though

manyofthemaredependentontheRussianFederationfornaturalgas.Thisplaces

domesticeconomicandlabourmarketconsiderationsfirst.Atthetimeofwriting,

twenty-fiveoftheEUmemberstateshadsigneduptothenewEuropeanDefence

Force(EDF),whichisknownasPESCO(PermanentStructuredCo-operation).

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