The strategy of “mılıtary non-alıgnment” and NATO
Abstract
The war in Ukraine in 2014 brought a concept of “military non-alignment” to the fore in the countries, which are namely influenced by both the West and Russia. The war proved that national security strategy was lacking. The paper examines the ways how neutral states cope with their security in a globalized world. It covers the brief history of neutrality, its evolution process through the centuries. The terms of “neutrality” or “non-alignment” have been delineated in order to distinguish between different strategies adopted by particular countries. The focus of the paper is on the countries located in Europe. The authors attempted to discuss the strategic consequences of the policy of “military non-alignment” in the context of cooperation with NATO. At the same time, they endeavored to justify the close cooperation of neutral countries with NATO, the strongest military-political Alliance of the world.
Downloads
References
“Athens and Melos”, January 10, 2020, https://bit.ly/2Tgju6M.
Barolo, Sophia, “Austria's Neutrality Today and its Impact on the Nation's Security”, 2016, https://bit.ly/2QpT80b.
Bergman, Annika, “Post-Cold War Shifts in Swedish and Finnish Security Policies: The compatibility of non-alignment and participation in EU led conflict prevention”, paper was presented at the ECPR panel on The European Union and Conflict Resolution, University of Uppsala, 13-18 April 2004, https://bit.ly/36USL3x.
Between the blocs. Problems and prospects for Europe’s neutral and nonaligned states edited by Josep Kruzel and Michael H. Haltzel, Woodeow Wilson International Center For Scholars and Cambridge University Press, 1989, 40, https://bit.ly/2QpMzLj.
Between the blocs. Problems and prospects for Europe’s neutral and nonaligned states edited by Josep Kruzel and Michael H. Haltzel, Woodeow Wilson International Center For Scholars and Cambridge University Press, 1989, https://bit.ly/2QpMzLj.
Bjurner, Anders, “Sweden” in Hanna Ojanen (eds) Neutrality and non-alignment in Europe today, FIIA Report 6/2003, 41-45, https://bit.ly/2snejH5.
Cottey, Andrew, “Ireland and NATO: A Distinctly Low-Profile Partnership” in The European Neutrals and NATO, 2018, 151-179, DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59524-9_7.
“Dacic: Serbia’s Military Neutrality Not in Question”, 13.11.2019, https://bit.ly/2ZX2GDj.
Debate, Dáil Éireann, “Military Neutrality”, 29 January 2019, https://bit.ly/2snejH5.
“Education and training”, Last updated: 24 Jul. 2019, https://bit.ly/2ssLN76.
Ejdus, Filip, “Serbia’s Military Neutrality: Origins, effects and challenges”, CIRR XX (71) (November 2014): 43-69, https://bit.ly/2MY7Lpx, DOI: 10.2478/cirr-2014-0008.
Etzold, Tobias and Christian Opitz, “Between Military Non-Alignment and Integration”, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, April 19, 2015, https://bit.ly/30iNbWe.
Fiskvik, Jannicke, “Nordic Security: Moving towards NATO?” CSS Analyses in Security Policy, No. 189, April 2016, https://bit.ly/2QSVXas.
Gärtner, Heinz, “Austria: Engaged Neutrality”. In: Cottey A. (eds) The European Neutrals and NATO. New Security Challenges. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, 129-149.
Gärtner, Heinz, “Austrian Neutrality as a Model for the New Eastern Europe?”, Nov. 27, 2018, https://bit.ly/2QqL0g4.
Giraudo, Peter, “Why Finland and Sweden Should Not Join NATO”, July 17, 2014, goo.gl/G7dbk9.
Hauser, Gunther, “Austrian Security Policy - New Tasks and Challenges”, July 20, 2007, https://bit.ly/3a8DKxh.
Heinikainen, Peppi, “From neutrality to non-alignment”, April 10, 2019, https://bit.ly/30jbrYx.
Heinrich, Brauss, “NATO Beyond 70: Renewing a Culture of Readiness”, International Centre for Defence and Security, Tallinn, November 2018, ISSN 2228-2076, https://bit.ly/2FNUv2L.
Himanen, Hannu, “Finland” in Hanna Ojanen (eds) Neutrality and non-alignment in Europe today, FIIA Report 6/2003, 19-26, https://bit.ly/2snejH5.
Ibrahim, Layla, Abdallah Dawood, “Neoclassical Realism”, last modified: 28 September 2016, https://bit.ly/2qoe5c6, DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199756223-0187.
“Initiative of the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia about Georgia’s Non-Alignment and Neutrality is a Manipulation of Facts and Misleads the Public”, 24.05.2019, https://bit.ly/2QMOlX5.
Iskandarov, Khayal, Sadi Sadiyev, “The evolution of the security environment in the South Caucasus since the end of the Cold War”, 17th Workshop of the PfP Consortium Study Group Regional Stability in the South Caucasus, “What a New European Security Deal” could mean for the South Caucasus (14/2018): 47-53.
Iskandarov, Khayal, Vugar Mammadzada, Sadi Sadiyev, “Non-Alliance policy as a principle of shaping the national security with a focus on the case of Azerbaijan”, Journal of Defense Resources Management, 10:2(2019): 62-72.
Krüger, Martin, “Austria” in Hanna Ojanen (eds) Neutrality and non-alignment in Europe today, FIIA Report 6/2003, 9-13, https://bit.ly/2snejH5.
Kunz, Barbara, “Sweden’s NATO Workaround: Swedish security and defense policy against te backdrop of Russian revisionism”, Focus strategique, No. 64, November 2015, https://bit.ly/38gJMKD.
Litavski, Jan, “The Controversies of Military Neutrality of Serbia”, https://bit.ly/2FyKwhT.
Luković, Dragan, “Military neutrality of the Republic of Serbia”, October 7, 2019, https://bit.ly/2Tr9lUT.
McBean, Keith, “Ireland” in Hanna Ojanen (eds) Neutrality and non-alignment in Europe today, FIIA Report 6/2003, 30-37, https://bit.ly/2snejH5.
“Military neutrality does not contradict security cooperation with EU”, October 16, 2019, https://bit.ly/39KyXC6.
“Military neutrality means no bias”, Belgrade Security Forum, October 16, 2018, https://bit.ly/2RkHEKI.
Nasirov, Elman, Khayal Iskandarov, Sadi Sadiyev, “The South Caucasus: A playground between NATO and Russia?”, Connections QJ 16, no. 3 (2017): 47-56.
O’Hanlon, Michael E., Beyond NATO, The Brookings Institution, 2017, ISBN 9-780-8157-3258-7.
Ostojic, Dajana, “Why did Serbia proclaim military neutrality”, 05.06.2018, https://bit.ly/2QMJQub.
“Relations with Ireland”, Last updated: October 12, 2018, https://bit.ly/2QUXD24.
“Relations with Switzerland”, Last updated: October 12, 2018, https://bit.ly/36AEt8n.
“Security sector reform, 'military neutrality' and EU-integration in Serbia”, Policy Study, Center for Euro –Atlantic Studies, November 6, 2014, https://bit.ly/2QQ5peL. “The meaning of Irish neutrality”, Apr 8, 2003, https://bit.ly/2sahMZC.
Simonin, Emily, “Ireland: NATO or Neutrality”, June 13, 2013, https://bit.ly/2N4Gu4Z.
Welti, Philippe, “Switzerland” in Hanna Ojanen (eds) Neutrality and non-alignment in Europe today, FIIA Report 6/2003, 52-57, https://bit.ly/2snejH5.
Abstract views: 503 PDF Downloads: 392
Copyright (c) 2020 Khayal Iskandarov, Piotr Gawliczek
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The authors agree with the following conditions:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication (Download agreement) with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors have the right to complete individual additional agreements for the non-exclusive spreading of the journal’s published version of the work (for example, to post work in the electronic repository of the institution or to publish it as part of a monograph), with the reference to the first publication of the work in this journal.
3. Journal’s politics allows and encourages the placement on the Internet (for example, in the repositories of institutions, personal websites, SSRN, ResearchGate, MPRA, SSOAR, etc.) manuscript of the work by the authors, before and during the process of viewing it by this journal, because it can lead to a productive research discussion and positively affect the efficiency and dynamics of citing the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
