Reshaping defence diplomacy: new roles for military cooperation and assistance / by Andrew Cottey and Anthony Forster

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Adelphi Paper ; 365Publication details: Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004Description: 84pISBN:
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Subject(s): Summary: Traditionally defence diplomacy was used to strengthen allies against common enemies. Since the 1990s the Western democracies have added a new range of purposes. These include strategic engagement of former or potential enemies, encouraging regional cooperation, supporting democratisation of civil-military relations, and assisting the development of peacekeeping capabilities. This paper analyses the new defence diplomacy and the policy challenges and dilemmas it poses.
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Traditionally defence diplomacy was used to strengthen allies against common enemies. Since the 1990s the Western democracies have added a new range of purposes. These include strategic engagement of former or potential enemies, encouraging regional cooperation, supporting democratisation of civil-military relations, and assisting the development of peacekeeping capabilities. This paper analyses the new defence diplomacy and the policy challenges and dilemmas it poses.

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