Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Robin Allers, Carlo Masala and Rolf Tamnes -- [I] Historical perspectives -- Germany's return to the global stage : continuity and change in German security policy / Helga Haftendorn -- Norwegian foreign and security policy : from the Arctic frontier to the Afghan battlefield / Rolf Tamnes -- [II] Threats and challenges in the 21st century -- Closing Pandora's box : Germany, nuclear weapons, and another new START / Michael Paul -- Cyber : buzzword or game changer? How the digital space affects national and international security / Kristin Hemmer M�rkest�l -- An Arctic home? The Arctic policies of Norway and Russia / Geir Flikke -- Challenges to the rule of law : EU-US counter-terrorism cooperation / Annegret Bendiek -- [III] The Euro-Atlantic security framework -- Becoming a responsible leader? Germany and EU's common foreign and security policy / Alister Miskimmon -- Active participation despite limited influence : explaining Norway's participation in EU's security policy / Pernille Rieker -- Germany's new role in NATO : status quo as strategy / Patrick Keller -- Norway and NATO : the art of balancing / Paal Sigurd Hilde and Helene Forsland Widerberg -- [IV] Armed forces facing new challenges -- The Bundeswehr in the post-Cold War international environment / Sven Bernhard Gareis -- Norwegian lead in Afghanistan : a small state approach to a large commitment / Lene Ekhaugen and Ida Maria Oma -- So similar, yet so different : explaining divergence in Nordic defence policies / H�akon Lunde Saxi -- [V] Concluding reflections on Euro-Atlantic security -- Just do it : bilateral and minilateral cooperation to invigorate European security / Robin Allers and Rolf Tamnes.

"Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, Euro-Atlantic security is under pressure. Faced with major geopolitical shifts, instability at its frontiers and financial crisis at home, the European nations and their American Allies will have to rethink how to design common security. Failure to animate the European Union (EU) and to reinvigorate the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) as efficient tools for peace and security might lead the West back to the spectre of divided security, to fragmentation and renationalisation. This book addresses the main challenges to Western security from the perspective of two European Allies: Germany and Norway"--Provided by publisher.

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