Military Exercises and Threat Perception in Europe
This book explores the politics of military exercises in Europe between 1975 and 2018, revealing how NATO, the Soviet Union, and Russia have used exercises as political tools and how these activities shaped and reflected their perception of the threat environment. Drawing on extensive archival resea...
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| description | This book explores the politics of military exercises in Europe between 1975 and 2018, revealing how NATO, the Soviet Union, and Russia have used exercises as political tools and how these activities shaped and reflected their perception of the threat environment. Drawing on extensive archival research and expert interviews, this work offers an examination of (and reflection on) European security by combining a detailed analysis of military exercises across three distinct periods (1975–1990, 1991–2013, 2014–2018) with an exploration of the development of Confidence- (and Security-) Building Measures, bridging Cold War and contemporary security environments. Studies of military exercises in the past have mostly focused on actors’ capabilities or on isolated exercises. What sets the present book apart is that it reveals how strategic culture shapes threat perception and, therefore, demonstrates how NATO and Russia interpret military exercises differently based on their interpretation of what is considered “security”. By exploring the politics of military exercises across three distinct periods, the analysis identifies how culturally driven factors that contribute to international actors’ threat perception have a hand in shaping security dynamics. This book will be of interest to academics, researchers, policymakers, and graduate students in the fields of European security, NATO-Russia relations, strategic culture, and international relations more broadly. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1772942026-06-06T06:02:31Z Military Exercises and Threat Perception in Europe Hughes, Thomas Confidence building measures Strategic culture analysis European security studies Cold War diplomacy Military signalling International threat assessment Security cooperation in post-Soviet Europe thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTW Cold wars and proxy conflicts thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies This book explores the politics of military exercises in Europe between 1975 and 2018, revealing how NATO, the Soviet Union, and Russia have used exercises as political tools and how these activities shaped and reflected their perception of the threat environment. Drawing on extensive archival research and expert interviews, this work offers an examination of (and reflection on) European security by combining a detailed analysis of military exercises across three distinct periods (1975–1990, 1991–2013, 2014–2018) with an exploration of the development of Confidence- (and Security-) Building Measures, bridging Cold War and contemporary security environments. Studies of military exercises in the past have mostly focused on actors’ capabilities or on isolated exercises. What sets the present book apart is that it reveals how strategic culture shapes threat perception and, therefore, demonstrates how NATO and Russia interpret military exercises differently based on their interpretation of what is considered “security”. By exploring the politics of military exercises across three distinct periods, the analysis identifies how culturally driven factors that contribute to international actors’ threat perception have a hand in shaping security dynamics. This book will be of interest to academics, researchers, policymakers, and graduate students in the fields of European security, NATO-Russia relations, strategic culture, and international relations more broadly. 2026-06-06T06:02:29Z 2026-06-06T06:02:29Z 2026-06-05T14:18:38Z 2026 book book ONIX_20260605T151935_9781003737001_21 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/113987 9781003737001 9781041234210 9781041234180 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177294 eng Cass Military Studies open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003737001 10.4324/9781003737001 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781003737001 9781041234210 9781041234180 Routledge 1 London open access |
| spellingShingle | Confidence building measures Strategic culture analysis European security studies Cold War diplomacy Military signalling International threat assessment Security cooperation in post-Soviet Europe thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTW Cold wars and proxy conflicts thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies Hughes, Thomas Military Exercises and Threat Perception in Europe |
| title | Military Exercises and Threat Perception in Europe |
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| topic | Confidence building measures Strategic culture analysis European security studies Cold War diplomacy Military signalling International threat assessment Security cooperation in post-Soviet Europe thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTW Cold wars and proxy conflicts thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies |
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