Reshaping defence diplomacy: new roles for military cooperation and assistance /
by Andrew Cottey and Anthony Forster
- Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004
- 84p.
- Adelphi Paper. 365 .
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.