Defence in a Changing World

Mathias Voss

doi:10.5771/9783748923275

Summary

The author takes the reader on a swift and sweeping ride through different aspects of defence. What is the core of defence in general? And what is defence today for the most prominent of all defensive alliances, for NATO, which is in the midst of a reflection process on what its role in the future should be?

The notoriously vague and shadowy term “defence” is illuminated from different angles, culminating in the newly introduced model of “strategical analysis”. The historical perspective comprises examples varying from China’s Great Wall to the Israeli-Arab Six Days War and NATO’s history with a specific focus on its understanding of defence from its foundation, through all three ages of its existence and into today’s still and again changing world. More insights are drawn from the application of the prevalent judicial, political and military strategic approaches and terms.

From this kaleidoscopic view, the author draws practical conclusions and formulates clear and pointed recommendations for the persistent and particularly in NATO very current discussion about how the understanding of defence should – or should not – evolve.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-7942-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-2327-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: GIDS Analysis
Volume: 4
Language: English
Pages: 109
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - VI
1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
1. 1. 2.1.1 The Great Wall of China No access
  2. 2.1.2 Ancient Greece: The Peloponnesian War No access
  3. 2.1.3 Ancient Rome: the Punic Wars and the Limes No access
  4. 2.1.4 The Truman Doctrine and Containment No access
  5. 2.1.5 The Arab- Israeli Six-Day War No access
2. 1. 2.2.1 Foundation of NATO No access
  2. 2.2.2 First Age of NATO No access
  3. 2.2.3 Second Age of NATO No access
3. 2.3 Thoughts on Defence in History No access
1. 1. 3.1.1 Public International Law No access
  2. 3.1.2 Defence in the German ‘Grundgesetz’ No access
  3. 3.1.3 Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution No access
  4. 3.1.4 Legality and Legitimacy of Defence No access
2. 1. 3.2.1 Defence and Deterrence No access
  2. 3.2.2 Defence and Resilience No access
  3. 3.2.3 The Security Dilemma No access
  4. 3.2.4 Political Warfare, Defensive Defence, and Similar Concepts No access
  5. 3.2.5 Contest No access
3. 1. 3.3.1 Introduction of the Model No access
  2. 3.3.2 Defence in the Strategical Analysis Model No access
1. 1. 4.1.1 Behaviour of State Actors No access
  2. 4.1.2 Variety of and Interdependencies Between Other Factors No access
2. 4.2 The Third Age of NATO No access
1. 5.1 Conclusions from History No access
2. 5.2 Conclusions from Theory No access
3. 5.3 To Be, or Not to Be – Defence for NATO Today No access
4. 5.4 Outlook No access
6 Bibliography No access Pages 101 - 109