Overview

Since the end of World War II and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States has taken the lead in maintaining European security through its membership in NATO. However, the economic and political positions of both the United States and Europe have changed in the last seventy-five years, leading many to wonder if America is still willing and able to provide for Europe’s security needs, especially at a time when the Russian Federation has become a more aggressive military and political player. Europe Alone explores the prospects of European security in a future when the United States may no longer be a reliable partner. Leading security scholars offer a multifaceted approach to the changing role and meaning of national security into the future. They look at European security issues from the perspective of small states and seek to broaden the concept of security beyond traditional domestic policing or national defense.

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A very necessary and timely book. I recommend this to anyone who does not want to repeat the fate of Ukraine. The authors make the fundamental conclusion that the former American security umbrella no longer exists, and therefore, even the former post-Soviet NATO member countries will have to rely primarily on their own forces in matters of ensuring and strengthening security. Thanks to the meticulous work that David Schultz, Aurelija Puraite, and Vidmante Giedraityte have done, the peoples of the Baltic States are now warned, and they--I want to hope--will not have to, as we do now in Kyiv, give zoom lectures to the sound of sirens and the smell of burning from exploding shells and rockets, playing almost every day in the roulette 'arrives/does not arrive.' Great job; well done, colleagues!--Oleksandr (Alex) Komarenko, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

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David Schultz is a distinguished professor of political science and legal studies at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and professor of law at the University of Minnesota. Aurelija Puraite is a professor in the Institute of Law and Law Enforcement at the Academy of Public Security in Mykolas Romeris University, a vice-dean for science and project activities at the Academy of Public Security, and a head of the Sustainable Security Research Centre. Vidmante Giedraityte is an associate professor of public management at General Jonas Žemaitis military academy of Lithuania, a head of Security Institutions Management Research Group, and lecturer of law at Kaunas University of Technology.

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