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Inventing and reinventing European defence : from EDC to MLF
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Florence : European University Institute, 2007
EUI; HEC; PhD Thesis
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KUZNETSOV, Evgeny, Inventing and reinventing European defence : from EDC to MLF, Florence : European University Institute, 2007, EUI, HEC, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/25415
Abstract
In 1962 in an article published in Foreign Affairs eminent Italian Federalist Altiero Spinelli noted that ‘Western Europe, thanks to American protection, has become a paradise of political, military and social irresponsibility’. The political dominance of NATO during the Cold War prevented the creation of a strong independent European defence. The NATO and the United States military guarantees to Europe on the one hand gave the Europeans the opportunity to concentrate more on economic and social issues, but on the other prevented Europe from creating common defence institutions and closer political Union, which from a long term perspective would have been more valuable than NATO.
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Defence date: 19 July 2007
Examining board: Prof. Pascaline Winand (EUI Supervisor) ; Prof. Arfon Rees (EUI) ; Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Potsdam University and Department of War Studies, King's College, London) ; Prof. Eric Remacle (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
First made available online: 26 July 2021
Examining board: Prof. Pascaline Winand (EUI Supervisor) ; Prof. Arfon Rees (EUI) ; Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Potsdam University and Department of War Studies, King's College, London) ; Prof. Eric Remacle (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
First made available online: 26 July 2021