British-German Defence and Security Cooperation in the Context of European Defence Integration and Brexit

CHOVANČÍK, Martin, Jana URBANOVSKÁ and Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. British-German Defence and Security Cooperation in the Context of European Defence Integration and Brexit. In UACES 49th Annual Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1-4 September 2019. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: British-German Defence and Security Cooperation in the Context of European Defence Integration and Brexit
• Authors: CHOVANČÍK, Martin (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jana URBANOVSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: UACES 49th Annual Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1-4 September 2019, 2019.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: Portugal
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/19:00110616
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords in English: EU defence cooperation
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

This paper aims to examine Brexit implications for security and defence cooperation between the UK and Germany in the context of accelerating defence collaboration within the EU. Despite any assessment being necessarily provisional, the inquiry explores the ways in which relevant German and British actors have engaged in the Brexit process so far, outlining how they have attempted to mitigate and address the Brexit-associated uncertainties in the sector (both direct and indirect ones). Of particular interest are two vectors of tension. The first one concerns the tension between Germany’s emphasis on protecting and developing EU cohesion and the necessity of building a privileged post-Brexit defence partnership with the UK. The second one pertains to the tension in existing and future defence and security cooperation projects between the preference for bilateral partnerships between EU members and the UK on the one hand and multilateral UK-EU approaches on the other.