European Security

From variation to convergence in turbulent times – foreign and security policy choices among the Nordics 2014–2023 The Nordic states have long made distinct choices regarding foreign and security policy principles. However, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we are witnessing a convergence of the Nordic countr...

Once distinct in foreign policy, are the Nordics now converging amid Russia's threats? This analysis by Brommesson, Ekengren & Michalski traces how heightened risks reformulated their roles, driving unified security choices from 2014–2023. ​

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Upon entering NATO: explaining defence willingness among Swedes In the wake of the new security situation in Europe, Sweden has decided to apply for membership in NATO. After over 200 years without war, the country must now be set to defend not just itself, but...

Why the surge in Swedish defence willingness upon NATO entry? This article by Persson & Widmalm explains the paradigm shift, from non-alignment to alliance solidarity, amid Baltic security redraws. ​

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Conceptualising total defence: inter-organisational structures in a comparative perspective The past decade has seen the resurgence “total defence” across Nordic and other European states. This whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to national security involves civilian, milit...

New article: Conceptualising total defence: inter-organisational structures in a comparative perspective by Anne Roelsgaard Obling, Joakim Berndtsson & Åse Gilje Østensen: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A recent paper in which I explore what the public thinks about WWIII has been published in an issue of @europeansecurity.bsky.social If you want to find out who thinks that WWIII has started or will start soon, and what might influence these views, please let me know. I still have some free copies.

Guardian of culture: the European Union’s quest for actorness in the protection of cultural heritage in conflicts and crises The protection of cultural heritage has become a crucial element of international peace and security, with “cultural peacekeeping” emerging as an important task in peace operations. The European Un...

35(1) Guardian of culture: the European Union’s quest for actorness in the protection of cultural heritage in conflicts and crises by Paolo Foradori & Paolo Rosa: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

EU´S GAR-SI Sahel project: a piece of the regional security puzzle? Through the GAR-SI Sahel project, the European Union (EU) seeks to strengthen the operational capabilities of some Sahelian states, to allow them to gain effective control of their territory, throu...

35(1) EU´S GAR-SI Sahel project: a piece of the regional security puzzle? by
Andrés de Castro, Laura Gogny & Rodrigo Gaona-Prieto www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Preference convergence, functional pressure and supranational entrepreneurship: explaining the launch and design of the EU’s military assistance mission to Ukraine In October 2022, the EU established a military assistance mission in support to Ukrainian armed forces (EUMAM Ukraine). The decision to launch the mission runs contrary to what one would intuitivel...

35(1) OA Preference convergence, functional pressure and supranational entrepreneurship: explaining the launch and design of the EU’s military assistance mission to Ukraine by Iulian Romanyshyn & @julianbergmann.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Has World War III started? Geopolitical preferences, conspiratorial thinking and individual threat perceptions of a global conflict in Slovakia Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the resulting instability has led to increased public perceptions of the threat of the conflict escalating into a global war. While existing research links th...

35(1) Has World War III started? Geopolitical preferences, conspiratorial thinking and individual threat perceptions of a global conflict in Slovakia by @angeltorresadan.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Hungarian government’s rhetoric on Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine and its articulation of a Hungarian security identity The article examines the Hungarian government’s rhetoric on Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine during the early months of the invasion, drawing on the literature on state security identity. I...

35(1) OA The Hungarian government’s rhetoric on Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine and its articulation of a Hungarian security identity by Markus Balázs Göransson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The European Parliament's foreign policy behaviour: the case of EU foreign policy towards Ukraine following the Russian war of aggression This article sheds light on the foreign policy behaviour of the European Parliament, which is traditionally considered to have a “quite limited” role in this policy domain. It aims to fill a theore...

35(1) OA The European Parliament's foreign policy behaviour: the case of EU foreign policy towards Ukraine following the Russian war of aggression by Elena Bacarani & Michele Danesi: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Europe's defence industrial strategy and the EDTIB: a connectedness-based analysis of major European defence industries In the White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030, the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) has a central role in the renewed impetus towards a European defence pillar ...

35(1) Europe's defence industrial strategy and the EDTIB: a connectedness-based analysis of major European defence industries by Christos Kollias & Panayiotis Tzeremes: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Don’t count on the U.S.: can Russia achieve a rapid breakthrough in central Europe? The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has significantly worsened the European security outlook. Simultaneously, concerns are growing over the United States’ willingness to commit substantial forces ...

35(1)OA Don’t count on the U.S.: can Russia achieve a rapid breakthrough in central Europe? by @jankofron.bsky.social & @stauberj.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Navigating the storm: the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on EU’s quest for strategic autonomy This article investigates how the Russia–Ukraine war has reshaped the European Union's defence priorities and its pursuit of strategic autonomy. Using advanced text analytics and machine learning m...

35(1) Navigating the storm: the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on EU’s quest for strategic autonomy
by Sinem Ünaldilar, Betül Aydoğan Ünal & Senem Kumova Metin: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

European Security Volume 35, Issue 1 of European Security

New Issue available: Interested in strategic autonomy, European defence planning without the US, defence industry concentration, EP and states' reactions to war against Ukraine, the EU GAR-SI Sahel project or cultural protection in conflicts? Look here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...

Guardians of trust: foreign election interference and the institutional logics of democratic resilience among Swedish county governors Democratic resilience has emerged as a central theme in academic debates in response to growing threats to contemporary democracies, yet little attention has been paid to resilience capacity to ext...

New OA article: Guardians of trust: foreign election interference and the institutional logics of democratic resilience among Swedish county governors by @hedvigorden.bsky.social
Elsa Isaksson and Martina Smedberg: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In whose name? Construction of the EUropean agency in the European Union’s institutional discourse on the war in Ukraine This article examines how European Union (EU) institutions discursively construct EUropean agency in their social media communication on the war in Ukraine, interrogating the legitimising strategie...

New OA article: In whose name? Construction of the EUropean agency in the European Union’s institutional discourse on the war in Ukraine by Karolina Garančovská & @monikameislova.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Narrating power: the European Commission and the geopolitics of the energy transition The European Commission (EC) seeks to position the EU as a global leader in the energy transition by enhancing its geopolitical influence and reducing its dependence on fossil fuels. This paper ana...

New OA article: Narrating power: the European Commission and the geopolitics of the energy transition by Zbyněk Dubský and Štěpánka Zemanová: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reform the all-volunteer service in Europe: a case study on Romania After joining the EU and NATO, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe transitioned to professional armed forces. They anticipated membership benefits without making adequate defence contributi...

New OA article: Reform the all-volunteer service in Europe: a case study on Romania by Ionel Sava: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The implementation of research security policies in Germany: exploring policy narratives across governance levels For decades, European Union (EU) Member States have promoted openness and collaboration in science. However, amidst a changing geopolitical world order, they increasingly view international researc...

New OA article: The implementation of research security policies in Germany: exploring policy narratives across governance levels by Anna-Lena Ruland, Nicolas Ruffin, Ruowei Wang & Jean-Christophe Mauduit: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Eastern Europe post-February 2022 – embracing geostrategic “in-betweenness” or bracing against it? The SI has sought to cast an “inside-out” perspective on the much-studied competition between the EU and Russia over their shared neighbourhood in the Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus (EE&SC) r...

34(4) OA Eastern Europe post-February 2022 – embracing geostrategic “in-betweenness” or bracing against it? by Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German:
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Geostrategic “inbetweenness”: navigating Azerbaijan–EU relations amidst geopolitical flux with Russia This paper investigates how key geopolitical junctures the Second Karabakh War and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine have (re)shaped Azerbaijan's relations with the European Union, particularly ...

34(4) Geostrategic “inbetweenness”: navigating Azerbaijan–EU relations amidst geopolitical flux with Russia by Agha Bayramov and Mustafa Ali Sezal: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ukraine’s geostrategic responses to the challenges of geopolitical “Inbetweenness”: from multivectorism to (under)balancing and fighting the war of independence Adopting a lens of geopolitical and geostrategic “inbetweenness”, this article examines the evolution of Ukraine's foreign and security policy in 1991–2025, thereby considering the “shadow” of evol...

34(4) Ukraine’s geostrategic responses to the challenges of geopolitical “Inbetweenness”: from multivectorism to (under)balancing and fighting the war of independence by Mykola Kapitonenko: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Furthest away from Russia and ever closer to the EU? Moldova hedging its bets on alternating alignments and (differentiated) dis/integration Positioned at the intersection of geopolitical tensions, Moldova has grappled with the intricacies and uncertainties of a great power rivalry between Russia and the European Union. Under the leader...

34(4) OA Furthest away from Russia and ever closer to the EU? Moldova hedging its bets on alternating alignments and (differentiated) dis/integration by Dorina Baltag & Amy Eaglestone: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In-between who? Armenian and Georgian shifting perceptions and geostrategies of inbetweenness amidst EU–Russian power projections This article examines how Armenia and Georgia, two small states navigating the contested geopolitics of the South Caucasus, are devising distinct geostrategies in response to their condition of “in...

34(4) In-between who? Armenian and Georgian shifting perceptions and geostrategies of inbetweenness amidst EU–Russian power projections by Kornely Kakachia & Bidzina Lebanidze: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Drive to survive: Lukashenka's foreign policy shifts from simulating multi-vectorism to stealthily bandwagoning with Russia's military adventurism This article discusses the key patterns of Belarusian foreign policy, identifying causes and explaining patterns of its transformation, particularly after the outbreak of the Belarusian crisis (202...

34(4) Drive to survive: Lukashenka's foreign policy shifts from simulating multi-vectorism to stealthily bandwagoning with Russia's military adventurism by Ryhor Nizhnikau: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Perks and perils of “geostrategic inbetweenness”: the EU–Russia great power competition in the “(un)common neighbourhood” and foreign policy choices of states caught in-between Conventional wisdom has it that the “in-between” countries, especially those located between the rivalling great(er) powers, find themselves “between a rock and a hard place”, which neatly reflects...

34(4) Perks and perils of “geostrategic inbetweenness”: the EU–Russia great power competition in the “(un)common neighbourhood” and foreign policy choices of states caught in-between by Andriy Tyushka: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Exercising power in the common neighbourhood: the EU and Russia between cooperation, competition, and conflict There has been a growing competition between Russia and the European Union (EU) in their common neighbourhood over the past decade, culminating in direct conflict following Russia's invasion of Ukr...

34(4) OA Exercising power in the common neighbourhood: the EU and Russia between cooperation, competition, and conflict
by Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Geostrategic “inbetweenness” as a (mis)fortune of Eastern European neighbours of Russia and the European Union Research on the nature, ways and effects of EU-Russia competition in their “common neighbourhood” has proliferated over the past two decades, although little attention has been paid so far to analy...

34(4) Free access Introduction: Geostrategic “inbetweenness” as a (mis)fortune of Eastern European neighbours of Russia and the European Union by Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

European Security Perks and Perils of Geostrategic In-Betweenness: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from within the EU-Russia (Un)Common Neighbourhood. Volume 34, Issue 4 of European Security

Very excited that our 2025 special issue is now published - Perks and Perils of Geostrategic In-Betweenness: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from within the EU-Russia (Un)Common Neighbourhood with Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German as guest editors: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...

Between ambition and constraint: Spain’s defence planning from the democratic transition to capability-based planning (1977–2005) This article analyses the evolution of Spain’s defence planning between the democratic transition and the institutionalisation of capability-based planning (CBP) in 2005. It argues that, even as Sp...

New article: Between ambition and constraint: Spain’s defence planning from the democratic transition to capability-based planning (1977–2005) by Guillem Colom Piella: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....