Bastian Giegerich
Biographic Data
| ID | 4134785 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bastian Giegerich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bastian |
| FAMILY NAME | Giegerich |
| SIGNATURE | GIEGERICH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Guns of Europe
Significant increases in defence spending in European NATO and European Union member states are intended to address long-standing capability shortfalls, support the modernisation and growth of armed forces, replenish stocks, and fill gaps created by the transfer of equipment and munitions to Ukraine. Yet Europe's defence-industrial base will struggle to meet this increased demand in the short term. Furthermore, the war in Ukraine has revealed Rus…
Zeitenwende One Year On
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a Zeitenwende, or historical turning point, for German foreign and defence policy. Expectations of profound German geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic transformation were raised both in Germany and among Berlin’s allies. One year later, Germany’s greatest success has come in the geo-economic arena, where progress has been made to reduc…
The Responsibility to Defend
The rise or resurgence of revisionist, repressive and authoritarian powers threatens the Western, US-led international order upon which Germany's post-war security and prosperity were founded. With Washington increasingly focused on China's rise in Asia, Europe must be able to defend itself against Russia, and will depend upon German military capabilities to do so. Years of neglect and structural underfunding, however, have hollowed out Germany's…
Europe’s Defence Requires Offence
To preclude a severely damaged or more likely dissolved NATO, NATO Europe would need the capabilities to fight offensively and to win
Responsibility to Defend
Experiences May Vary
This article examines the coherence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) coordinated military strategy during the war in Afghanistan. We argue that much of this coherence can be lost when decision makers adopt multinational strategic guidance that is then interpreted by different national contingents operationally. Different strategic and military cultures across troop-contributing countries may account for observed variation in ope…
Nato Defence Spending and European Threat Perceptions
National threat perceptions, not American hectoring, have driven increases in European NATO defence spending
The Munich Consensus and the Purpose of German Power
Two years of progress in foreign-policy leadership have left unanswered a crucial question: what is German power for
Sustaining Europe's Security
Future generations should not be burdened with debt, but their security needs must also be met
The Armed Forces
Armed Forces
Strategic Cultures in Europe
The Armed Forces
Die Nato
Die Nato
The Struggle for Value in European Defence
If European countries are to build capabilities that match the significant amounts they spend on defence, effective cooperation on investments, force structures and equipment is necessary
Nato's Smart Defence
At the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen's ‘smart defence’ initiative will be a core agenda item. Rasmussen has argued that Allies need to cooperate more, and mor
Navigating Troubled Waters
Budget Crunch
The global financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent recession in most European economies has created a new dynamic for defence spending. Even before the crisis, the punishing demands of operations on armed forces revealed shortfalls in capabilities and the cost of new equipment was rising at a rate of 5–10% per year. As both trends continue, European governments now struggling to control public deficits have launched a series of austerity m…
From Nato to ESDP
This article addresses the question why Germany invested in what became the European Union's Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), a potential competitor to NATO. In addition to highlighting Germany's role in the development of ESDP, the paper offers a social constructivist explanation for this investment based on the concepts of friendship, estrangement, and emancipation. It develops the argument that (1) states gain ontological security by invest…
Rebooting Nato–Russia Relations
Navigating differences
The European global navigation satellite system, Galileo, entered its development phase in 2002 and is scheduled to become operational in 2012. Since its inception, Galileo has been yet another contentious issue in transatlantic negotiations. American concerns spanned economic and security-related issues, but, despite considerable tensions, a comprehensive agreement was entered into in 2004. This paper analyses the roots of the transatlantic disp…
Squaring the Circle? Leadership and Legitimacy in European Security and Defence Cooperation
What ‘War on Terror’ are we Talking About? A Response to Alistair Shepherd
Towards a Strategic Partnership? The US and Russian Response to the European Security and Defence Policy
The article surveys the responses to the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of two important external actors: the United States and Russia. It explains the motivations behind these responses and the effect of the latter on the development of the ESDP. The survey finds that both the Clinton and the Bush administrations in the USA have expressed cautious support for the initiative while insisting on NATO's salience in Europe. Russia's enth…
From Nato to ESDP
This article addresses the question why Germany invested in what became the European Union's Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), a potential competitor to NATO. In addition to highlighting Germany's role in the development of ESDP, the paper offers a social constructivist explanation for this investment based on the concepts of friendship, estrangement, and emancipation. It develops the argument that (1) states gain ontological security by invest…
Experiences May Vary
This article examines the coherence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) coordinated military strategy during the war in Afghanistan. We argue that much of this coherence can be lost when decision makers adopt multinational strategic guidance that is then interpreted by different national contingents operationally. Different strategic and military cultures across troop-contributing countries may account for observed variation in ope…
The Munich Consensus and the Purpose of German Power
Two years of progress in foreign-policy leadership have left unanswered a crucial question: what is German power for
Nato Defence Spending and European Threat Perceptions
National threat perceptions, not American hectoring, have driven increases in European NATO defence spending
Budget Crunch
The global financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent recession in most European economies has created a new dynamic for defence spending. Even before the crisis, the punishing demands of operations on armed forces revealed shortfalls in capabilities and the cost of new equipment was rising at a rate of 5–10% per year. As both trends continue, European governments now struggling to control public deficits have launched a series of austerity m…
Not such a soft power
(2004). Not such a soft power: the external deployment of European forces. Survival: Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 163-182
The Guns of Europe
Significant increases in defence spending in European NATO and European Union member states are intended to address long-standing capability shortfalls, support the modernisation and growth of armed forces, replenish stocks, and fill gaps created by the transfer of equipment and munitions to Ukraine. Yet Europe's defence-industrial base will struggle to meet this increased demand in the short term. Furthermore, the war in Ukraine has revealed Rus…
Zeitenwende One Year On
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a Zeitenwende, or historical turning point, for German foreign and defence policy. Expectations of profound German geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic transformation were raised both in Germany and among Berlin’s allies. One year later, Germany’s greatest success has come in the geo-economic arena, where progress has been made to reduc…
Europe’s Defence Requires Offence
To preclude a severely damaged or more likely dissolved NATO, NATO Europe would need the capabilities to fight offensively and to win
Nato's Smart Defence
At the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen's ‘smart defence’ initiative will be a core agenda item. Rasmussen has argued that Allies need to cooperate more, and mor
Rebooting Nato–Russia Relations
Navigating differences
The European global navigation satellite system, Galileo, entered its development phase in 2002 and is scheduled to become operational in 2012. Since its inception, Galileo has been yet another contentious issue in transatlantic negotiations. American concerns spanned economic and security-related issues, but, despite considerable tensions, a comprehensive agreement was entered into in 2004. This paper analyses the roots of the transatlantic disp…
What ‘War on Terror’ are we Talking About? A Response to Alistair Shepherd
Not such a soft power
(2004). Not such a soft power: the external deployment of European forces. Survival: Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 163-182
Squaring the Circle? Leadership and Legitimacy in European Security and Defence Cooperation
What ‘War on Terror’ are we Talking About? A Response to Alistair Shepherd
Towards a Strategic Partnership? The US and Russian Response to the European Security and Defence Policy
The article surveys the responses to the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of two important external actors: the United States and Russia. It explains the motivations behind these responses and the effect of the latter on the development of the ESDP. The survey finds that both the Clinton and the Bush administrations in the USA have expressed cautious support for the initiative while insisting on NATO's salience in Europe. Russia's enth…
Navigating differences
The European global navigation satellite system, Galileo, entered its development phase in 2002 and is scheduled to become operational in 2012. Since its inception, Galileo has been yet another contentious issue in transatlantic negotiations. American concerns spanned economic and security-related issues, but, despite considerable tensions, a comprehensive agreement was entered into in 2004. This paper analyses the roots of the transatlantic disp…
Rebooting Nato–Russia Relations
Navigating Troubled Waters
Budget Crunch
The global financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent recession in most European economies has created a new dynamic for defence spending. Even before the crisis, the punishing demands of operations on armed forces revealed shortfalls in capabilities and the cost of new equipment was rising at a rate of 5–10% per year. As both trends continue, European governments now struggling to control public deficits have launched a series of austerity m…
From Nato to ESDP
This article addresses the question why Germany invested in what became the European Union's Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), a potential competitor to NATO. In addition to highlighting Germany's role in the development of ESDP, the paper offers a social constructivist explanation for this investment based on the concepts of friendship, estrangement, and emancipation. It develops the argument that (1) states gain ontological security by invest…
Die Nato
Die Nato
The Struggle for Value in European Defence
If European countries are to build capabilities that match the significant amounts they spend on defence, effective cooperation on investments, force structures and equipment is necessary
Nato's Smart Defence
At the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen's ‘smart defence’ initiative will be a core agenda item. Rasmussen has argued that Allies need to cooperate more, and mor
The Armed Forces
Armed Forces
Strategic Cultures in Europe
The Armed Forces
Sustaining Europe's Security
Future generations should not be burdened with debt, but their security needs must also be met
The Munich Consensus and the Purpose of German Power
Two years of progress in foreign-policy leadership have left unanswered a crucial question: what is German power for
Nato Defence Spending and European Threat Perceptions
National threat perceptions, not American hectoring, have driven increases in European NATO defence spending
Experiences May Vary
This article examines the coherence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) coordinated military strategy during the war in Afghanistan. We argue that much of this coherence can be lost when decision makers adopt multinational strategic guidance that is then interpreted by different national contingents operationally. Different strategic and military cultures across troop-contributing countries may account for observed variation in ope…
The Responsibility to Defend
The rise or resurgence of revisionist, repressive and authoritarian powers threatens the Western, US-led international order upon which Germany's post-war security and prosperity were founded. With Washington increasingly focused on China's rise in Asia, Europe must be able to defend itself against Russia, and will depend upon German military capabilities to do so. Years of neglect and structural underfunding, however, have hollowed out Germany's…
Europe’s Defence Requires Offence
To preclude a severely damaged or more likely dissolved NATO, NATO Europe would need the capabilities to fight offensively and to win
Responsibility to Defend
The Guns of Europe
Significant increases in defence spending in European NATO and European Union member states are intended to address long-standing capability shortfalls, support the modernisation and growth of armed forces, replenish stocks, and fill gaps created by the transfer of equipment and munitions to Ukraine. Yet Europe's defence-industrial base will struggle to meet this increased demand in the short term. Furthermore, the war in Ukraine has revealed Rus…
Political science (21 works) · Law (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Political economy (10 works) · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (7 works)