This book examines the evolution of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) from its inception in 1998 to the present day. Using the theoretical framework of historical institutionalism, it examines both the successes and failures of the CSDP. Drawing on a series of interviews with officials and researchers from various EU institutions, NATO, and diplomatic missions of EU member states, it assesses what has instigated changes in the CSDP, and why some events have proven more determining and influential than others. The book reviews six crises that have shaped the CSDP, including the Yugoslav Wars, the Second Gulf War, the Libyan campaign, the Ukrainian crisis, the Syrian crisis, and Brexit, in order to understand how real-life events have influenced policy. In this context, the book defines the term 'European Strategic Autonomy' dynamically, as the residual effect of negotiation over time. It will appeal to government officials and policymakers, as well as studentsand scholars of European politics and international relations. Marilena Koppa is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at Panteion University of Athens, Greece. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2014. Whilst an MEP she was the Coordinator of the S&D Group at the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and rapporteur on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy.

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Marilena Koppa is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at Panteion University of Athens, Greece. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2014. Whilst an MEP she was the Coordinator of the S&D Group at the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and rapporteur on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

Part I: Theoretical framework

2. Historical institutionalism and the limits of neofunctionalism

3. Continuity and change: critical junctures as game changers

4. Global Europe, the European Global Strategy and the quest for a European Strategic culture

5. EU institutions as agents of change.

Part II: Critical junctures and the evolution of CSDP

6. The Yugoslav Wars

7. The Iraq war in 2003

8. Ukraine- Brexit- Trump administration

9. The migration crisis of 2015 Part III: The quest for "Strategic Autonomy"

10. The EU's Holy Grail: Strategic autonomy and the objective of a European Security Union

11. Over-institutionalization and the capability deficit

12. Conclusion: A Look into the future of CSDP