Ambiguous alliance: Neutrality, opt-outs, and European defence
The EU’s work on its Strategic Compass should include debates on the special status states’ future role in European defence
Danish Institute for International Studies
Christine Nissen is a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen. Her research interests include wider European security, Western interventionism, international relations theory, European integration, and national public policy. In particular, she studies multilateral security governance structures and how they affect European states. She holds a PhD from Roskilde University and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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