1st Edition

European Total Defence Past, Present and Future

Edited By Gjermund Forfang Rongved Copyright 2025
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyses the origins, experiences, and challenges of total defence in Europe and comprises a broad spectrum of national case studies as well as one international organisation – NATO. The topic of total defence has been brought to the fore by deglobalisation, augmented international tension, the US pivot to Asia, grey‑zone threats, Covid‑19, and not least by the increased Russian... Read more

1: Introduction: A Multiverse of European Total Defence, Gjermund Forfang Rongved  2: On the way to Ukraine’s total defence system: existential test for national resilience during Russia’s hybrid warfare, Sergii Glebov & Denys Kuzmin  3: Switzerland: From Total Defence Paragon to Total Defence Pupil, Kevin D. Stringer  4: Civilian-military collaboration and the re-invention of Swedish total defence, Joakim Berndtsson  5: Norwegian total defence concepts – approaching total defence 3.0?, Gjermund Forfang Rongved  6: Total Defence as a contested concept in Danish security and defence transformation, Anne Roelsgaard Obling  7: Total Defence Model at the Heart of Finland’s National Defence and Resilience, Teija Sederholm, Rasmus Rannikko & Mikael Salo  8: Estonia: the comeback of total defence in the light of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, Viljar Veebel  9: Latvia: comprehensive state defence as total defence, Toms Rostoks  10: Shielding the nation: the emerging total defence in Lithuania, Giedrius Česnakas  11: Poland: total defence in the making, Piotr Szymański  12: Total Defence in the Netherlands: Mission Impossible?, Jörg Noll, Theo Brinkel, Floribert Baudet & Annelies van Vark  13: NATO and total defence: A framework for national efforts, Paal Sigurd Hilde  14: Conclusion: The Multiverse of European Total Defence elucidated, Jörg Noll & Gjermund Forfang Rongved

Biography

Gjermund Forfang Rongved is Associate Professor in economic history at the programme for International Studies at the University of Inland, Norway.