Spanish Security and Defense Policy.

Abstract

Spain is a nation which only until relatively recently (1975) was under military rule. After General Franco died, the overall foreign policy objectives consisted of normalizing international relations and bringing Spain into line with the democracies of Western Europe. As any nation's goals through its foreign policy are national security, economic well-being and growth, and the forwarding of its ideologies and aims, Spain is no exception, and so utilizes United Nations, European Union (EU) and military alliances in fulfilling its security, defense, diplomatic and economic objectives. The focus of this paper is to explain how step by step Spain is affirming its global perspective, which put and end to the 150 years of isolation, and the participation in the collective security systems as well as its contribution to the regional defense system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA341513

Entities

People

  • Angel P. Utrilla

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Europe
  • Defense Systems
  • European Communities
  • European Union
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Teamwork
  • Terrorism
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).