Will Brexit Damage our Security and Defence?

1. Front Matter

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2. The Role of Security and Defence Before and After the June 2016 Referendum

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3. The Pre- and Post-Brexit Evolution of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy

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4. Brexit, Defence Expenditure and Defence Industries

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5. National Security and Brexit

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6. Moving Beyond Brexit: Scenarios for the Future

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7. Correction to: Will Brexit Damage our Security and Defence?

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8. Back Matter

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This Palgrave Policy Essential considers the security and defence consequences of Brexit for the UK and the European Union. It considers the place of security and defence in the debates leading up to the Brexit referendum as well as in its follow-up. Importantly, the book also traces recent developments in the EU towards what may become a European Defence Union and, in light of this, considers how realistic the UK’s aspirations for a unique relationship with the Union are. The book includes a critical analysis of the consequences of Brexit for crisis management, internal security and defence industries in the UK and EU. It concludes with an examination of the options and legal tools available to both parties as they frame their post-Brexit security and defence relations.

• European strategic culture
• Liberal interventionism
• Security cooperation
• Nation state
• NATO
• EU27
• Common Security and Defence Policy
• Industrial interests
• Aerospace
• UK-US industrial ties
• Brexit
• Security
• Defence
• Brexit negotiations
• Florence speech
• EU Global Strategy
• European Defence Union
• Ministry of Defence
• Borders
• counterterrorism
• British Politics

• Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  Simon Duke

Simon Duke is Senior Research Fellow at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Prior to EIPA he held positions at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the Mershon Center (Ohio State University), Pennsylvania State University, both USA, and the Central European University, Hungary. He was also a NATO Fellow. He is the author of several monographs on European and transatlantic foreign and security issues and has published on similar themes in numerous academic journals. He is also co-Executive Editor of the Journal of European Integration.

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