Neoclassical Realism and Defence Reform in Post-Cold War Europe

PART I: CONTEXT: THE CASE FOR CONVERGENCE Europe's Partial and Selective Emulation of the US-led Revolution in Military Affairs Convergence and Divergence in the Institutional Forums of Defence Policy: Functional Complementarity; Spatial and Temporal Differentiation PART II: THEORISING AND TESTING DEFENCE POLICY CONVERGENCE Competing Theoretical Frameworks: Realist and Cultural Approaches PART III: TESTING CULTURAL AND REALIST APPROACHED: DEFENCE POLICIES BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURE AND EXECUTIVE AUTONOMY France: Domestic Incentives and Timely Adaptation to Systemic Imperatives Germany: Domestic Constraint and the Temporal Management of Reform The United Kingdom High Executive Autonomy and Timely Adaptation to Systemic Imperatives Conclusions: The Empirical and Theoretical Implications