European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security In the Shadow of Power

1. Introduction: Small States, International Institutions and European Strategic Autonomy

Justinas Juozaitis

2. European Strategic Autonomy: The Origins Story

Giedrius Česnakas

3. Revisiting France’s Commitment to Defence integration: A Case of Political Functionalism

Ringailė Kuokštytė

4. Germany: The Renewed Quest for Strategic Autonomy

Andris Banka

5. Poland’s Resilient Atlanticism

Ieva Gajauskaitė

6. US Foreign Policy during the Biden Presidency: A Reset in the US Approach Towards the EU Strategic Autonomy?

Gerda Jakštaitė-Confortola,

7. Through the Estonian Looking Glass: Can NATO’s Credible Deterrence and EU Strategic Autonomy Succeed Simultaneously?

Viljar Veebel and Illimar Ploom

8. Military Capabilities First, Politics Later: Latvia’s Approach to European Strategic Autonomy

Toms Rostoks

9. European Strategic Autonomy in Lithuania’s Foreign Policy Discourse

Ieva Karpavičiūtė

10. European Strategic Autonomy: Opportunities and Threats for Denmark

Amelie Theussen

11. Belgium and European Strategic Autonomy

Alain De Neve

12. Dutch Security and Defence Policy: From Faithful Ally to Pragmatic European

Sabine Mengelberg and Jörg Noll

13. A Reluctant Supporter: The Hungarian Perspective on European Strategic Autonomy

Tamás Csiki Varga

14. Shared Values and Common Borders: Why Greece Views European Strategic Autonomy as an Opportunity

Vicky Karyoti

15. Conclusions: Domination of Pragmatism Towards the European Strategic Autonomy

Giedrius Česnakas and Justinas Juozaitis

Biography

Giedrius Česnakas is Professor at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, heading undergraduate and graduate political studies programmes.

Justinas Juozaitis is Policy analyst at the Centre for Defence Analysis at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania and a lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.

'In a world that is too often preoccupied with great power politics, this book is a much-needed and timely contribution for understanding the other side of international relations, small states. It should be required reading for anyone wishing to examine contemporary European politics and security.'

Marc Ozawa, NATO Defense College, Rome

'By bringing together for the first time scholars from small states to write about European small states’ perceptions of, and engagements with, European strategic autonomy, this book addresses an important gap in the academic literature on European defence. It is a crucial introduction for those interested in the subject.'

Lukas Milevski, Institute of History, Leiden University, the Netherlands

'This monograph, in arguing that the concept of European strategic autonomy is both a challenge to and an opportunity for the national security interests of the small states of the EU, presents vital lessons for all small states facing the vicissitudes of Great Power assertiveness and aggression.'

Bernard Loo Fook Weng, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore