In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State

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Military activism is a defining characteristic of Denmark’s security and defence policy. This policy reflects the combination of increased international demand for military en­gagement since the end of the Cold War and the ability and willingness of Danish deci­sion-makers to meet this demand. Danish willingness is the result of a merger of two dis­tinct Danish perspectives on the aims and means of security and defence policy of a small state, one focused on the short-term military defence of the country, the other on long- term diplomatic efforts at creating a more peaceful international order. In the eyes of Danish decision-makers, a changed security order after the Cold War collapsed the dis­tinction between the two perspectives. They saw military activism as a route to short- term security as well as a more peaceful order in the future. Consequently, they reformed the Danish armed forces, giving up territorial defence in favour of expeditionary forces. However, defence expenditure remains well below the 2 per cent NATO threshold for the near future.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelThe Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics
RedaktørerPeter Munk Christiansen, Jørgen Elklit, Peter Nedergaard
UdgivelsesstedOxford
ForlagOxford University Press
Publikationsdato2020
Sider453-469
ISBN (Trykt)978-0-19-883359-8
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2020

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