Denmark at War: Great Power Politics and Domestic Action Space in the cases of Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq
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Denmark at War : Great Power Politics and Domestic Action Space in the cases of Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. / Mariager, Rasmus Mølgaard; Wivel, Anders.
Danish Foreign Policy Review 2019. ed. / Kristian Fischer; Hans Mouritzen. Copenhagen : Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS, 2019. p. 48-73 (Danish Foreign Policy Review, Vol. 2019).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Denmark at War
T2 - Great Power Politics and Domestic Action Space in the cases of Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq
AU - Mariager, Rasmus Mølgaard
AU - Wivel, Anders
PY - 2019/6/25
Y1 - 2019/6/25
N2 - From 1990 to 2018, Danish policy-makers committed Danish troops to 76 military operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia spanning from small observer missions to the wars following from the break-up of Yugoslavia and the war in Afghanistan. This article zooms in on the decision-making processes leading up to the Danish policy-makers’ decisions to engage Denmark military in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, each an important step in the development of Denmark’s military engagement. Focusing on the interplay between international developments and domestic constraints, we identify the decision-making patterns and discuss the implications for Denmark’s military engagement now and in the future. We conclude that Denmark’s military engagement was driven primarily by the willingness of Danish policy-makers to accommodate US requests for military contributions, typically even before they were communicated as concrete US preferences or demands.
AB - From 1990 to 2018, Danish policy-makers committed Danish troops to 76 military operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia spanning from small observer missions to the wars following from the break-up of Yugoslavia and the war in Afghanistan. This article zooms in on the decision-making processes leading up to the Danish policy-makers’ decisions to engage Denmark military in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, each an important step in the development of Denmark’s military engagement. Focusing on the interplay between international developments and domestic constraints, we identify the decision-making patterns and discuss the implications for Denmark’s military engagement now and in the future. We conclude that Denmark’s military engagement was driven primarily by the willingness of Danish policy-makers to accommodate US requests for military contributions, typically even before they were communicated as concrete US preferences or demands.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Danish foreign policy
KW - Iraq War
KW - Kosovo
KW - Afghanistan
KW - Small state security
KW - Military intervention
KW - Foreign Policy Analysis
KW - Decision making
KW - Foreign Policy
KW - Nordic security
KW - War
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9788776059668
T3 - Danish Foreign Policy Review
SP - 48
EP - 73
BT - Danish Foreign Policy Review 2019
A2 - Fischer, Kristian
A2 - Mouritzen, Hans
PB - Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS
CY - Copenhagen
ER -
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