Håkan Edström
Biographic Data
| ID | 4488267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Håkan Edström |
| GIVEN NAMES | Håkan |
| FAMILY NAME | Edström |
| SIGNATURE | EDSTRÖM H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swedish Defence University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coalition of the opting – Part 2
Coalition of the opting – Part 1
Exploring Nato’s enlargements in Northern Europe
This article seeks to theorize the transformation of the armed forces in Northern Europe by examining its drivers during previous NATO enlargements in the region. The exploration includes the German reunification in 1990, the Polish entry in 1999, and the joining of the three Baltic States, i.e., Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, in 2004. Based on these experiences, the article identifies some theoretical considerations for transformation in conjun…
Comparative strategy – A new framework for analysis
Scholars of Strategic Studies have seldom problematized the concept of military strategy beyond identifying the three elements constituting the phenomenon, that is ends, means and ways. Moreover, we see a need for contextualizing the presumably universal conceptualization of military strategy. This article contributes to previous research by operationalize each of the three elements one-step further, thereby introducing an analytical framework fo…
The alignment strategies of great powers
The article aims to contribute to previous research in two main ways. First, we intervene in the debate on the stability of the present unipolar system by offering an analytical framework and an empirical approach for exploring and categorizing the actual strategies pursued by the major powers in the contemporary international system. In doing so, we present an analysis of how the strategies of the five system-determining states interact and affe…
The defense strategies of middle powers
Do middle powers develop similar defense strategies? Is middle powers a useful category for exploring the diversity of strategies among different categories of states? This article presents a great variation of strategies among the selected cases. Concurrently, similarities between middle powers belonging to similar regional security complexes (RSC) are revealed. The higher degree of great power penetration into a RSC, the lesser options for midd…
Between the eagle and the bear
This article shows that all four Nordic countries, i.e., Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, have adjusted their alignment strategies when responding to the changes in their external environment during the twenty-first century. Furthermore, our findings indicate a great diversity among the four states in their responses. All too often, security policy analyses cluster small states into allies and non-allies, respectively. However, this article s…
Military Strategy of Middle Powers
Military Strategy of Small States
"The book explores how small states adjust their military strategies in response to external shocks. Using primary sources from four Nordic countries, (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden), this volume explores how small states have adjusted their military strategies in response to external shocks of the 21st century. The 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Russian interventions in Georgia and Ukraine, and the rise of the Islamic State have all forced t…
Military Strategy of Small States
Political Aspirations and Perils of Security
This book comprises of a range of case studies of military strategy, based on UN documents, observing and concluding the effectiveness of each individual case. Edstrom and Gyllensporre analyse the UN'
Mission in Northern Africa—Minurso
Westerns Sahara is a former Spanish colony. In 1965 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution in that requested Spain to take measures to allow its independence (UNGA Res 2072/1965). When Spain relinquished the administrative control of Western Sahara in 1975 both Morocco and Mauritania affirmed their claim to the territory. These claims were opposed by a national liberation movement, the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-H…
Mission in Western Africa—Unmil
A military coup d’état in 1980 put Samuel Doe in power in Liberia. In a contested elections a few years later he aimed for consolidating and legitimizing his position. Unrest ensued in the aftermath of the unfair elections. However it was not until 1989, when Charles Taylor started an uprising, that a civil war broke out in Liberia. From the outset of the conflict a sub-regional organization, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)…
The defense strategies of middle powers
Do middle powers develop similar defense strategies? Is middle powers a useful category for exploring the diversity of strategies among different categories of states? This article presents a great variation of strategies among the selected cases. Concurrently, similarities between middle powers belonging to similar regional security complexes (RSC) are revealed. The higher degree of great power penetration into a RSC, the lesser options for midd…
Political Aspirations and Perils of Security
This book comprises of a range of case studies of military strategy, based on UN documents, observing and concluding the effectiveness of each individual case. Edstrom and Gyllensporre analyse the UN'
Mission in Northern Africa—Minurso
Westerns Sahara is a former Spanish colony. In 1965 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution in that requested Spain to take measures to allow its independence (UNGA Res 2072/1965). When Spain relinquished the administrative control of Western Sahara in 1975 both Morocco and Mauritania affirmed their claim to the territory. These claims were opposed by a national liberation movement, the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-H…
Mission in Western Africa—Unmil
A military coup d’état in 1980 put Samuel Doe in power in Liberia. In a contested elections a few years later he aimed for consolidating and legitimizing his position. Unrest ensued in the aftermath of the unfair elections. However it was not until 1989, when Charles Taylor started an uprising, that a civil war broke out in Liberia. From the outset of the conflict a sub-regional organization, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)…
Military Strategy of Small States
"The book explores how small states adjust their military strategies in response to external shocks. Using primary sources from four Nordic countries, (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden), this volume explores how small states have adjusted their military strategies in response to external shocks of the 21st century. The 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Russian interventions in Georgia and Ukraine, and the rise of the Islamic State have all forced t…
Military Strategy of Small States
The defense strategies of middle powers
Do middle powers develop similar defense strategies? Is middle powers a useful category for exploring the diversity of strategies among different categories of states? This article presents a great variation of strategies among the selected cases. Concurrently, similarities between middle powers belonging to similar regional security complexes (RSC) are revealed. The higher degree of great power penetration into a RSC, the lesser options for midd…
Between the eagle and the bear
This article shows that all four Nordic countries, i.e., Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, have adjusted their alignment strategies when responding to the changes in their external environment during the twenty-first century. Furthermore, our findings indicate a great diversity among the four states in their responses. All too often, security policy analyses cluster small states into allies and non-allies, respectively. However, this article s…
Military Strategy of Middle Powers
The alignment strategies of great powers
The article aims to contribute to previous research in two main ways. First, we intervene in the debate on the stability of the present unipolar system by offering an analytical framework and an empirical approach for exploring and categorizing the actual strategies pursued by the major powers in the contemporary international system. In doing so, we present an analysis of how the strategies of the five system-determining states interact and affe…
Exploring Nato’s enlargements in Northern Europe
This article seeks to theorize the transformation of the armed forces in Northern Europe by examining its drivers during previous NATO enlargements in the region. The exploration includes the German reunification in 1990, the Polish entry in 1999, and the joining of the three Baltic States, i.e., Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, in 2004. Based on these experiences, the article identifies some theoretical considerations for transformation in conjun…
Comparative strategy – A new framework for analysis
Scholars of Strategic Studies have seldom problematized the concept of military strategy beyond identifying the three elements constituting the phenomenon, that is ends, means and ways. Moreover, we see a need for contextualizing the presumably universal conceptualization of military strategy. This article contributes to previous research by operationalize each of the three elements one-step further, thereby introducing an analytical framework fo…
Coalition of the opting – Part 2
Coalition of the opting – Part 1
Political science (11 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 works)