The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy

CONTENTSII. Iceland and the emergence of the European Security and 331Defence PolicyIII. An Icelandic crisis-management capacity 334IV. New disturbance to the new equilibrium? 34121. Åland in European security policy 349Teija TiilikainenI. Introduction 349II. Åland, Finland and the European Security and Defence 350PolicyIII. Åland and Finnish membership of NATO 351IV. Åland’s security from Åland’s own perspective 35422. The Baltic states and northern security 356Karlis NeretnieksI. Introduction 356II. A history of cooperation 356III. Different outlooks 358IV. Conclusions 362Map of the eastern Baltic Sea region 35823. Baltic perspectives on the European Security and Defence Policy 364Elzbieta TromerI. Introduction 364II. Definitions of national security 366III. Definitions and perceptions of threat 367IV. Russia as a hard security issue 373V. Providers of national security in the Baltic 377VI. The Baltic states, the Nordic region and the European 379Security and Defence PolicyVII. Conclusions: the Baltic states, the Nordic countries and the 385EU—closing the gap in discourse?xiAppendix 393Extracts from the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for EuropeAbout the authors 404Index 410