Peace, Security and Defence Cooperation in Post-Brexit Europe.
A recently published book from academics at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is shining a new light on the challenges and sources of instability in European and international security, associated with the Brexit process.
"Peace, Security and Defence Cooperation in Post-Brexit Europe. Risks and Opportunities" by Cornelia-Adriana Baciu, a Ph.D. Candidate in Politics and International Relations at the School of Law & Government and co-edited with Professor John Doyle, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was released earlier this month.
The book fills a crucial scientific gap by examining key challenges and the impact of the Brexit process on primary strategic aspects of peace, security and defence cooperation; research to date has not yet determined the necessary concrete steps to sustainably protect and advance the peaceful and democratic order on the European continent.
Applying research methodologies from security studies and international relations and counterfactual analysis, the book provides key findings on the future of European security order and how more resilient paradigms of peace and security could look like.
Depending on the Brexit outcome, both the EU and the UK will need to revise their grand strategies. One key finding of this book is that the 2016 referendum (along with a particular US leadership) has opened a window of opportunity for the EU to start thinking about strategic issues with the aim to formulate a positive agenda for international peace and stability.
The book covers topics such as:
§ European strategic autonomy
§ EU-NATO relations
§ Northern Ireland peace process
§ The role of French-German cooperation on the future of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP/CFSP)
§ The impacts of future security technologies, quantum computics and artificial intelligence
§ Collaborative defence procurement
§ Elements of a resilient EU grand strategy.
The book entails contributions from internationally known researchers from the London School of Economics, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, European University Institute in Florence, Institute for European Studies in Brussels and University of Grenoble, inter alia.
It can be pre-ordered by clicking here