ID - 131669465 TI - Coping with Caveats in Coalition Warfare : An Empirical Research Program PY - 2019 SN - 9783319925196 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - Politics KW - Criminology. Victimology KW - Law KW - Polemology KW - Military engineering KW - veiligheid (mensen) KW - buitenlandse politiek KW - politiek KW - internationale betrekkingen KW - defensie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131669465 AB - This book develops a framework for analysis, and a set of research strategies, to better understand the conditions and mechanisms involved in the considerable use of caveats by states contributing militarily to coalition operations. In the professional language of military servicemen, security analysts and decision-makers, “caveats” refers to the reservations on the use of force states put on their military contingents as a precondition to participate in particular multinational enforcement operations. Such understood caveats are an instrument of statecraft and foreign policy. However, caveats also are a potential threat to the integrity and military effectiveness of the coalition force in question, and, further down the road, an erosion on the fabric of security alliances. This volume is ideal for audiences interested in military and defence studies, security studies and coalition warfare. Gunnar Fermann is Associate Professor at the Department for Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. Previously, he was Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA. ER -