From Nordic Peacekeeper to NATO Peacemaker: Denmark's Journey from Semi-neutral to Super Ally

Rasmus Mølgaard Mariager; Anders Wivel

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51529-4_8

From Nordic Peacekeeper to NATO Peacemaker: Denmark's Journey from Semi-neutral to Super Ally

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Abstract

Danish foreign policy is characterized by a strong and diversified military engagement. From 1990 to 2018, Danish political decision-makers committed Danish troops to 76 military operations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa compared to 13 operations during the Cold War from 1945 to 1989. In the essay, we argue that Denmark’s military activism since the end of the Cold War has combined shelter seeking with status seeking to the extent that the two now exist in symbiosis. Shelter seeking is conditioned upon status seeking, and status seeking is an instrument for shelter seeking. Thus, the essay offers lessons for small states in both practice and theory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Small States and the New Security Environment
Editors	Anne-Marie Brady, Baldur Thorhallsson
Number of pages	15
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2021
Pages	103-117
ISBN (Print)	9783030515287
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030515294
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51529-4_8
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Social Sciences

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From Nordic Peacekeeper to NATO Peacemaker : Denmark's Journey from Semi-neutral to Super Ally. / Mariager, Rasmus Mølgaard ; Wivel, Anders.

Small States and the New Security Environment. ed. / Anne-Marie Brady; Baldur Thorhallsson. Switzerland : Springer, 2021. p. 103-117.

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