This book examines the processes, practices and principles of defence planning in small and middle powers.

Tim Sweijs is Director of Research at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and Senior Research Fellow at the War Studies Research Centre of the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Saskia van Genugten is Senior Director at MacroScope Strategies (M2S).

Frans Osinga is Professor of War Studies, Leiden University.

1. Introduction 2. Australia: The Limits of Pragmatism 3. The Contours of Singapore's Defence Planning: Rethinking Deterrence, Defence Diplomacy, and Resilience 4. Israel's Innovation as a Main Pillar of Defence Planning 6. Retail Path-Dependence: Indonesia's Post-Authoritarian Defence Planning 7. Emirati defence planning: The overriding importance of the political-cultural system 8. Leveraging Dependencies: Defence Planning in the Sultanate of Oman 9. Turkey: Rising or a Falling Star? 10. Defence Planning in the Netherlands 11. Becoming a Good Ally: Slovak Defence Planning Since Independence 12. Canada and Force Planning: From Making a Virtue of Necessity to the Necessity of Virtue 13. Conclusion