Foreign Policy and Defense Attitudes in West Europe: Trends and Implications.

Abstract

This study examines West European foreign policy and defense attitudes along four dimensions: military security, foreign policy approaches, national defense priority, and anti-Americanism. Following a review of the recent literature on this topic, data, from Eurobarometer surveys are used to test several propositions concerning European public opinion. Trend analyses and cross-national comparisons are emphasized. The nations included in this study are Great Britain, West Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Support for NATO was found to be substantial while priority placed upon national defense by Europeans was found to be increasing, and anti-Americanism was also found to be increasing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139504

Entities

People

  • A. H. Ziegler Jr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • European Communities
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Sociopolitics
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Western Europe

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design