The EU, Irish Defence Forces and Contemporary Security
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The EU, Irish Defence Forces and Contemporary Security
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783031078149 |
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| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication date: | 01/24/2023 |
| Edition description: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Pages: | 443 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Matthew G. O’Neill is a Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society (LINCS) postgraduate researcher in Political Science at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
Mark Williams is a Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society (LINCS) postgraduate researcher at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Theme One: Defence Forces Capabilities & The Threat Environment. Chapter 1. Ensuring the Jungle Doesn’t Grow Back: The Obligations Inherent to Irish Defence Policy.- Chapter 2. The GOC’s Perspective.- Chapter 3. A Critical Analysis of the Intellectual and Communications Culture of the Irish Defence Forces at a time of Emergent/Imminent Domestic and International Threats.- chapter 4. The Irish Naval Service: The Burden of the Minimalist Approach.- Chapter 5. Small Navies: Lessons for the Irish Naval Service.- Theme Two: The Reserve Defence Forces. Chapter 6.Revitalizing the Irish Army Reserve post-Commission on the Defence Forces: Moving from the Single Force Concept to a Total Force Policy.- Chapter 7. The Army Reserves – The Force-multiplier for Irish Defence.- Chapter 8. Ireland’s Naval Service Reserve – An Analysis of Current Capabilities and Role for the Future.- Theme Three: Peacekeeping Operations. Chapter 9. Decolonisation, Conflict, and Independence: The Impact of History on Ireland’s Approach to Peacekeeping.- Chapter 10. Ireland’s Largest Peacekeeping Mission – The Irish Defence Forces in UNIFIL.- Chapter 11. Peacekeeping in the Digital Age: Future Threats and Capability Requirements.- Theme Four: Cyber Security in the Digital Age. Chapter 12. Irish Cyber Security.- Chapter 13. Cyber resilience for Europe’s armed forces in the 21st Century – a German Perspective.- Chapter 14. The Irish Defence Forces in the Drone Age.- Theme Five: Defence Forces Institutional Innovation and Civil-Military Relations. Chapter 15. The Defence Forces Research Technology Initiative.- Chapter 16. Shared Norms but Policy Incoherence: Analysing the Irish Defence Forces’ Marketplace Aspirations.- Chapter 17. Representation, Negotiation, and Frustration. What path lies ahead for civil-military industrial relations.- Theme Six: The Principle of Irish Neutrality. Chapter 18. Ireland, NATO and the “Return of Geopolitics” in Europe.- Chapter 19. Irish Military Neutrality 1924-1945: A Historical Perspective for Modern Consideration.- Chapter 20. Generating More Heat Than Light? The Debate over Ireland’s Neutrality and the “European Army”.- Chapter 21. Conclusion.
What People are Saying About This
“This book is a critical and insightful contribution to the debate on Irish defence and the role of the Defence Forces. Uniquely, it brings together the voices of both scholars and practitioners to assess where Ireland stands in the face of contemporary threats but also its potential across multiple defence domains. Irish defence policy is in urgent need of serious and sustained attention. The authors of this important text fulfil that mission perfectly.” (—Ben Tonra, Professor, MRIA, The School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), University College Dublin, Ireland)“By mainly examining Ireland’s defence policy and the Irish Armed Forces, this edited volume provides valuable knowledge to both practitioners and scholars. The book is structured around five highly relevant themes, each contributing to the debate on the contemporary challenges of security policy and military transformation. Undoubtedly, any reader interested in international relations and/or security studies, and especially those focusing on small states studies and/or comparative strategy, will gain new insights by exploring this book.” (—Håkan Edström, Associate Professor in Political Science, Swedish Defence University, Sweden)