Neoclassical Realism and Defence Reform in Post-Cold War Europe

1. Introduction
Tom Dyson

Section I. Context: The Case for Convergence

2. Europe’s Partial and Selective Emulation of the US-led Revolution in Military Affairs
Tom Dyson

3. Convergence and Divergence in the Institutional Forums of Defence Policy: Functional Complementarity; Spatial and Temporal Differentiation
Tom Dyson

Section II. Theorising Defence Policy Convergence

4. Competing Theoretical Frameworks: Realist and Cultural Approaches
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Section III. Testing Cultural and Realist Approaches: Defence Policies Between International Structure and Executive Autonomy

5. France: Domestic Incentives and Timely Adaptation to Systemic Imperatives
Tom Dyson

6. Germany: Domestic Constraint and the Temporal Management of Reform
Tom Dyson

7. The United Kingdom — From Strategic Innovation to Stasis
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8. Conclusions: The Empirical and Theoretical Implications
Tom Dyson

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, European Union Politics, Military and Defence Studies, Political Science, US Politics