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Adapting restrained military capabilities to the prospect of interstate conflicts: The cases of French and British defence planning
Sarfati, Joachim ; Ludvík, Jan (vedoucí práce) ; Jackson, Peter (oponent)
In the last two decades, Western militaries were largely shaped to address threats from non-state actors. Many European countries joined the United States in the so-called "war on terror", although on the backdrop of a steady decrease of their defence budgets, which started after the end of the Cold War. As deployments in these theatres are now coming to an end, the reduction in size of European militaries is being called into question, because of the growing concern for potential escalations towards armed conflicts against rival states. While the invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022 by Russia prompted European states to pledge important resources to strengthening their arsenals, France, and to a lesser degree the United Kingdom, had already decided to increase their military budgets in previous months or years. This study focuses on the discourses, plans, and debates surrounding this agenda of military resurgence in France and the UK. Researchers interested in defence analysis have often focused on equipment plans to assess the preparation of forces to given threats. Defence planning, as an institutional practice, has also been a major object of study for academics. Finally, the roles of values and ideas in threat identification and defence policy have been an important strand of study in...
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