New Security Issues in Northern Europe

<p>This volume analyzes the Nordic and Baltic states' relationship with the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).</p><p>Clive Archer presents a general background to the European Union's ESDP the strategic situation of Northern Europe the main security and defence policy issues faced by the states there as well as outlining the main theoretical considerations concerning security in the region. Key chapters cover the three Baltic states of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and the four Nordic states of Denmark Finland Norway and Sweden. The selected contributors provide an analysis of the region as seen from Brussels and of the practical and theoretical issues arising from the study. This new text tackles an aspect of the ESDP that has previously received little attention and reinvigorates old ground blending together analytical theoretical and policy-relevant approaches. </p><p><em>New Security Issues in Northern Europe</em> will be a welcome addition to all those with an interest in security studies European politics and international relations. </p>