The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces

The armed forces of Europe have undergone a dramatic transformation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces provides the first comprehensive analysis of national security and defence policies, strategies, doctrines, capabilities, and military operations, as well as the alliances and partnerships of European armed forces in response to the security challenges Europe has faced since the end of the cold war. A truly cross-European comparison of the evolution of national defence policies and armed forces remains a notable blind spot in the existing literature. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces aims to fill this gap with fifty-one contributions on European defence and international security from around the world. The six parts focus on: country-based assessments of the evolution of the national defence policies of Europe's major, medium, and lesser powers since the end of the cold war; the alliances and security partnerships developed by European states to cooperate in the provision of national security; the security challenges faced by European states and their armed forces, ranging from interstate through intra-state and transnational; the national security strategies and doctrines developed in response to these challenges; the military capabilities, and the underlying defence and technological industrial base, brought to bear to support national strategies and doctrines; and, finally, the national or multilateral military operations by European armed forces. The contributions to The Handbook collectively demonstrate the fruitfulness of giving analytical precedence back to the comparative study of national defence policies and armed forces across Europe.

Preface, Sir Lawrence Freedman
Introduction: Beyond CSDP. The Resurgence of National Armed Forces in Europe, Hugo Meijer and Marco Wyss
Part I: National Defence Policies
Major Powers:
1: France, Stenn Rynning and Olivier Schmitt
2: Germany, Ina Kraft
3: United Kingdom, Andrew M. Dorman
4: Russia, Katarzyna Zysk
Medium Powers:
5: Italy, Fabrizio Coticchia
6: Poland, Andrew A. Michta
7: Spain and Portugal, Félix Arteaga
8: Turkey, Yaprak Gürsoy
9: Ukraine, Leonid Polyakov
Lesser Powers:
10: Austria and Switzerland, Gunther Hauser and Mauro Mantovani
11: Baltic States, Masha Hedberg and Andres Kasekamp
12: Belarus, Flemming Splidsboel Hansen
13: Benelux Countries, Wim Klinkert
14: Bulgaria and Romania, Jordan Baev
15: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Michal Onderco
16: Former Yugoslavia, Filip Ejdus
17: Greece, Cyprus, and Albania, Dionysios Chourchoulis
18: Ireland, Ian Speller
19: Finland and Sweden, Jan Joel Andersson
20: Denmark and Norway, Magnus Petersson
Part II: Alliances and Security Partnerships
21: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Bastian Giegerich
22: The Common Security and Defence Policy, Adrian Hyde-Price
23: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Matthias Bieri and Christian Nünlist
24: Franco-British Defence and Security Cooperation, Alice Pannier
25: Franco-German Defence and Security Cooperation, Ulrich Krotz and Katharina Wolf
Part III: Security Challenges
26: Conventional Interstate Warfare, Ryan Grauer
27: State Failure, Robert I. Rotberg
28: Transnational Terrorism, Alex Wilner
29: The Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Andrew Futter
30: Cybersecurity Challenges, Frédérick Douzet
Part IV: Strategic and Doctrinal Responses
31: Land Warfare, Christopher Tuck
32: Sea Warfare, Peter Roberts
33: Air and Space Warfare, Christian F. Anrig
34: Counterinsurgency, Robert Egnell and Bruno Cardoso Reis
35: Counter-Terrorism, Dorle Hellmuth
36: Non-Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation, Benjamin Kienzle
37: Intelligence, Mark Phythian
38: Cyber-defence, Lucas Kello
Part V: Defence and Technological Industrial Capabilities
39: Arms Procurement, Matthew Uttley
40: Defence Industrial Cooperation, Moritz Weiss and Felix Biermann
41: Arms Transfers and Export Control Policies, Mark Bromley
42: Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons, Ulrich Kühn
43: Emerging Technologies: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli
44: Cyber Capabilities, Vincent Boulanin
45: Space Capabilities, Keith Hayward
Part VI: European Armed Forces in Action
46: French Military Operations, Olivier Zajec
47: British Military Operations, Julian Lindley-French
48: Russian Military Operations, Igor Sutyagin
49: European Involvement in United Nations Peacekeeping, Richard Gowan
50: CSDP Military Operations
51: NATO Operations, James Sperling and Mark Webber