European Security Put to the Test

Prof. Dr. Klemens H. Fischer

doi:10.5771/9783748954354

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The third volume of this publication covers a wide range of topics, from the challenges facing democracy and the question of truth in media reporting to the propaganda war raging on all sides, from the role of the human factor and the public in decision-making processes to considerations on psychological and mental preparation for crisis situations, from facets of international relations in the context of the international community, the EU, and the rule of law, to reflections on economic strategic autonomy and the growing influence of China, and finally to questions of future geostrategy and the potential for resilience in the struggle for survival as a specific social entity, culminating in the concept of relative resilience.Prof. Dr Klemens H. Fischer is a professor of international relations and geopolitics at the University of Cologne. He is a board member and senior fellow at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy, Vienna, and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. He can draw on thirty years of experience in the field of international relations.With contributions bySofia Alfimova Vyborova | Lívia Benko | Katharina Berninger | Jil Dreimann | Klemens H. Fischer | Etienne Höra | Tanja Hipke | Lisa Köster | Rainer Lenzen | Wolfgang Leidhold | Nick Nieschalke | Bernd Rasem | Gabriel Andrés Rojas Verdugo | Christoph Schwarz | Ulf M. Steindl | Stefani Weiss | Michael Zinkanell | Tina Zeinlinger

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-3093-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-5435-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: AIES-Beiträge zur Europa- und Sicherheitspolitik
Volume: 8
Language: English
Pages: 552
Product type: Edited Book

1. Introduction No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Disclaimer No access
AIES-Team (Michael Zinkanell, Ulf M Steindl, Christoph Schwarz, Nick⁠ ⁠Nieschalke, Lívia Benko)
1. Abstract No access
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3. Introduction No access
4. 1. The External Dimension No access
  2. The Internal Dimension No access
5. 1. Europe’s Defence Investment Chasm No access
  2. The Struggle to Invigorate the European Defence Industry No access
  3. The Transatlantic Relationship in Crisis No access
6. 1. The Emerging Threat Landscape No access
  2. Countering Hybrid Warfare Strategies No access
  3. Reaction Cycles Are Accelerating No access
7. 1. Research Security in the European Union No access
  2. The China Question No access
  3. Cooperation in an Age of Competition No access
8. 1. Shifts on the National Level No access
  2. The European Parliament elections No access
  3. The Decline of the Rule of Law No access
9. Conclusion No access
Wolfgang Leidhold
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3. Introduction: The Return of History No access
4. 1. Common Challenges Requiring Collective Action No access
  2. The Imperialist Revival No access
  3. Hybrid Warfare and the Erosion of Common Sense No access
5. 1. External Challenges: International Security and European Strategy No access
  2. More External Challenges: Economic and Digital Sovereignty No access
  3. Internal Challenges: Populism, Fragmentation, and the Search for Cohesion No access
6. 1. Overloaded by External and Internal Challenges No access
  2. The Subito-Society and Secondary Realities No access
  3. Consequences in the Social and Political Field No access
7. 1. The Spirit of Europe No access
  2. Geopolitics of Europe and Threats Assessment No access
  3. Perspectives on Grand Strategy No access
8. Implementation: An Example No access
9. Postscript No access
1. Bernd Rasem
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  2. Introduction No access
  3. 1. Fake News No access
    2. Misinformation and disinformation No access
  4. 1. Intercultural Matters No access
    2. Framing and Narratives No access
    3. “Polarization” No access
    4. Filter Bubble No access
    5. Digression: Conspiracy theories No access
  5. The World Behind and Beyond Truth: The Post-Truth Era No access
  6. Brexit and the 2016 Election of Donald Trump: Starting Points of the Post-Truth Era No access
  7. More than just another phrase: From Misinformation to the Post-Truth Era No access
  8. 1. Relativism, Constructivism and Objectivity No access
    2. Digression: COVID-19 and climate change No access
    3. Effects of fake news No access
  9. 1. Focus: Political conviction No access
  10. Conclusion No access
2. Sofia Alfimova Vyborova
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  3. 1. Status quo: Russian media landscape and public opinion No access
  4. 1. Theoretical foundations of the ‘propaganda package’ No access
  5. 1. Geopolitical implications of propaganda for European security No access
  6. Conclusion No access
3. Jil Dreimann
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  2. 1. Previous History No access
    2. First Steps Into Escalation No access
    3. Operation Allied Force No access
    4. International Treatment of the Conflict No access
    5. Media Landscape No access
  3. 1. Definition of Frames No access
    2. Media As Actors No access
    3. Different Forms Of Framing No access
    4. Agenda Setting No access
    5. Differentiation between agenda setting and priming No access
    6. Criticism of Framing No access
    7. Methodology No access
    8. Selection of Media No access
    9. Frame Building No access
    10. Sample and procedure No access
  4. 1. Süddeutsche Zeitung No access
    2. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No access
    3. Die Tageszeitung No access
    4. Comparison No access
  5. Conclusion No access
1. Katharina Berninger
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  3. Geopolitics and the Human Factor No access
  4. Overconfidence No access
  5. Preconditions and influencing factors of overconfidence No access
  6. Effects of overconfidence No access
  7. Human Factors at Play: Overconfidence in the Russo-Ukrainian War No access
  8. Putin: Overconfident to start a war No access
  9. Zelensky: Overconfident to fight the war No access
  10. Trump: Overconfident to end the war No access
  11. EU: Overconfident to be relevant in the war No access
  12. Conclusion No access
2. Gabriel Andrés Rojas Verdugo
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  3. Introduction No access
  4. 1. Why traditional approaches are insufficient No access
    2. The role of environmental measurements in Geopolitics No access
    3. The role of non-state actors in modern geopolitical analysis No access
  5. 1. Environment and Conflict No access
    2. A shift of lens No access
  6. 1. Environmental Drivers of Conflict: Natural Resources No access
    2. Through a temporal lens No access
    3. New Alarmism No access
    4. Does the environment trigger conflict? No access
    5. Change unlikely to make a change. No access
    6. But when it does, how and where environmental change might trigger conflict? No access
    7. And who has been or might be affected? No access
  7. 1. Sustainable development and peacebuilding No access
    2. The importance of localities No access
  8. 1. Early warning systems: How do they work? No access
    2. Early Warning Systems for environmental issues No access
    3. Community based EWS (CEWS) No access
  9. 1. Civic Environmental Monitoring: The proposal No access
    2. Citizen science informing decision makers No access
    3. How CEM could be connected to Early Warning Systems and Prevention? No access
    4. Cases of community-based EWS No access
    5. CEM and the warning-response challenge No access
    6. Geographical knowledge and Discourse No access
    7. Monitoring for peace: A matter of technology? No access
    8. Data concerns No access
  10. Research Findings No access
1. Tanja Hipke, Lisa Köster
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  3. Introduction No access
  4. Recent Developments No access
  5. Resilience No access
  6. Stress management No access
  7. Emotion regulation No access
  8. Motivation and morale No access
  9. Leadership and trust No access
  10. Cohesion and comradeship No access
  11. Crisis intervention and care after deployment No access
1. Rainer Lenzen
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  3. Introduction No access
  4. 1. United Nations Security Council Resolutions No access
    2. Resolutions of the 11th Emergency Special Sessions of the General Assembly No access
    3. A Closer Look No access
  5. 1. China No access
    2. India No access
    3. Central Asia No access
  6. Africa No access
  7. Central and South America No access
  8. Conclusion No access
2. Klemens H. Fischer
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  3. Introductory Considerations on the Relation of EU Enlargement to the Principle of the Rule of Law on the one Hand and to the Procedural Aspects of the Process on the Other No access
  4. Considerations on the Current Geopolitical State of Affairs No access
  5. Considerations on the Historical Development of EU Enlargement No access
  6. Considerations on Enlargement and the Rule of Law No access
  7. Considerations on the Methodological Approach for Assessing the State of EU Enlargement No access
  8. Considerations on the Application of the Rule of Law in the Context of EU Enlargement No access
  9. Considerations on the Consistency of the EU's Approach to the Accession of the Various Candidate Countries No access
  10. Considerations on Fidelity to Law and the Separation of Law and Morals No access
  11. Considerations on the Conflicting Priorities Between a Geopolitical Imperative and a Process Based on the Rule of Law No access
  12. Considerations on Potential Ways out of the Dilemma Between the Meritocratic and the Geopolitical Approach No access
  13. Concluding Considerations No access
1. Etienne Höra, Stefani Weiss
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  3. Economic Security in a Changing Global Order No access
  4. Resilience and Protection as Cornerstones of Economic Security No access
  5. The Protection Instruments in Detail No access
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  16. From geo-economic tools to a geo-economic policy No access
2. Tina Zeinlinger
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  3. Introduction No access
  4. CBDC Technical Foundations No access
  5. CBDC Definitions No access
  6. Global CBDC Development No access
  7. China’s CBDC Development Process No access
  8. Core Features of the e-CNY No access
  9. The e-CNY as Cross-Border Payment Tool No access
  10. 1. The Current Power Structure: SWIFT and the US dollar No access
    2. The (Geo)political Sphere of SWIFT No access
  11. Reshaping Cross-Border Payments: CIPS, SFPS and CBDCs No access
  12. The e-CNY’s international potential No access
  13. 1. Selective Reshaping No access
  14. 1. 1) Weakening the US (dollar) dominance No access
    2. 2) Extending the Toolbox of Economic Statecraft No access
    3. 3) Operating the Future Critical Global Infrastructure No access
  15. Conclusions No access
1. Klemens H. Fischer
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  3. The Hollow Square No access
  4. Introductory Deliberations No access
  5. General Deliberations on Deterrence No access
  6. 1. Pacific War Theatre 1941-1945 No access
    2. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake No access
    3. The Japanese Case – Conclusions No access
  7. Considerations on Institutional Resilience and on Selected Functions Considered Essential for the Survival of a Society No access
  8. 1. Considerations on Maintaining Public Safety No access
    2. Considerations on Critical Infrastructure No access
    3. Considerations on Defence No access
  9. Considerations on Risk Management and the Risks and Rewards of Economic Interdependence No access
  10. Considerations on National Identity No access
  11. Considerations on Comprehensive Societal Resilience No access
  12. Considerations on Aspiration and Reality No access
  13. Considerations on the Scope of Resilience No access
  14. Concluding Considerations on Relative Resilience No access
  15. Annex – Comparison Table of the Sectors Considered to be Critical Infrastructure in the EU, the US, Germany, and by IBM No access
About the Authors No access Pages 549 - 552