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Hard Power in Hard Times

Can Europe Act Strategically?

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Janne Haaland Matlary

    1. Department of Political Science, Blindern, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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  • First analysis of the three major security challenges to Europe today: Russian revisionism, mass migration, terrorism

  • Determines the ability of western European politicians to address these challenges through detailed case studies

  • Presents a crucial question: when soft power is not the solution, what then?

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Strategic Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. External and Internal Shocks: Policy Needs Beyond ‘Win-Win’

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      Pages 3-21

    3. Strategy: Deterrence, Containment, Coercion, and Confrontation

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      Pages 23-45

    4. Russian Revisionism

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      Pages 47-91

    5. Mass Migration and Border Control

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      Pages 93-124

    6. Confronting Terrorism and Insurgency

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      Pages 125-148

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Germany

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      Pages 151-173

    3. Britain

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      Pages 175-192

    4. France

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      Pages 193-211

    5. The EU: ‘Soft Power Is Not Enough’

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      Pages 213-246

    6. NATO’s Deterrence and Détente Efforts

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      Pages 247-270

    7. Conclusions

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      Pages 271-283

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 285-290
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About this book

This book analyses whether European leaders are able to deal with the ‘hard power’ problems of military provocation, mass migration, and terrorism. Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea was just one example of recent revisionist policies by the state. In 2015, Europe experienced a massive influx of illegal immigrants and refugees whilst also suffering many terrorist attacks in recent years. Common to these policy challenges is the need for using hard power (military, police) in order to confront, stop, stabilize and hinder undesirable outcomes. European politicians are mostly used to wielding incentives-based policy and are unfamiliar with strategic thinking. How well do the British, French, and German governments deal with this triad of hard power problems? What about NATO and the EU? This book examines the responses to determine whether European politicians can still act strategically.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Blindern, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Janne Haaland Matlary

About the author

Janne Haaland Matlary, DM, is professor of political science at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Military Command and Staff College. Her most recent book is Ukraine and Beyond: Russia’s Strategic security Challenge to Europe, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). She was previously deputy foreign minister of Norway. 

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