West European and East Asian Perspectives on Defense, Deterrence and Strategy. Volume 3. Spanish Perspectives on Defense, Deterrence and Strategy.

Abstract

This report assesses the current status of Spain within NATO with special emphasis on Spanish schools of strategic thought. The ruling Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) originally opposed Spanish accession to NATO under the previous centrist government. Upon the PSOE's electoral victory in October 1982, it adopted a more noncommittal posture. Thus Spain continues to participate in several avenues of NATO affairs. However, the integration process has been 'frozen,' pending a national referendum on NATO membership. More moderate Socialists wish to use the issue of NATO membership as a bargaining chip with which to obtain Spanish membership in the EEC. However, the PSOE left remains opposed to NATO membership in any event. Keywords: 'Freeze' on NATO integration, Gibraltar issue, Balearic-Gibraltar-Canaries Axis, Maghreb threat, Socialist government perspectives, EEC-NATO linkage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 1984
Accession Number
ADA166164

Entities

People

  • Charles M. Perry
  • Jacquelyn K. Davis
  • James E. Dougherty
  • Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr.

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cold War
  • Governments
  • Iberian Peninsula
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • Western Europe

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies