ABSTRACT

Security and defence policy documents have sparked academic interest since their publication has become a common international practice in the 1990s. Yet, broad comparisons across time and countries have been scarce. This article presents information from a new dataset on security and defence documents published by OECD countries. Specifically, we analyse what type of documents were published by each country between 1990 and 2019, which security concerns they identify, and what level of importance is given to different agendas of security and defence. The dataset reveals an unexpected level of diversity, including an apparent lack of a common framework even among countries belonging to NATO or the European Union. In terms of content, there was a recent recurrence of traditional security topics, along with the prominence of some newer ones. Overall, the documents reveal a surprising lack of consistency and completeness with regards to provisions for policy execution.

摘要

安全和国防政策文件自 1990 年代出版已成为普遍的国际惯例以来，就引起了学术界的兴趣。然而，跨时间和跨国家的广泛比较一直很少。本文介绍了来自经合组织国家发布的安全和国防文件的新数据集的信息。具体而言，我们分析了 1990 年至 2019 年期间每个国家/地区发布了哪些类型的文件，他们确定了哪些安全问题，以及对不同安全和国防议程的重视程度。该数据集揭示了出乎意料的多样性，包括即使在属于北约或欧盟的国家之间也明显缺乏共同框架。在内容方面，近期传统安全话题再次出现，一些较新的话题也较为突出。总体，