Interregional cooperation in peace and security as key feature of the EU external relations is particularly relevant in Africa-EU relations. However, these efforts have not been systematically evaluated to date. Focusing specifically on interregional peace operations, this volume provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the Africa-EU Partnership on Peace and Security. It explains the effectiveness of interregional security cooperation across three cases: (1) the AU-EU response in the Central African Republic (2013) and (2) in Somalia (20072017), (3) and the ECOWAS-EU efforts in Mali (2012). The book makes a valuable empirical, theoretical, and methodological contribution to EU foreign policy, comparative regionalism, and conflict studies.

Provides for a first comprehensive account of the effectiveness of Africa-EU cooperation in peace operations Focuses on interregional security cooperation within the framework of the African Peace Facility Analyses over 70,000 media reports and 55 conducted interviews generate novel data on the Africa-EU partnership

Autorentext

Friedrich Plank is Lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction: Evaluating the Africa-EU Partnership on Peace and Security.- Chapter 2. Theorizing interregional effectiveness and its conditions.- Chapter 3. Case Study I: AU-EU cooperation in response to the 2013 crisis in the Central African Republic.- Chapter 4. Case Study II: ECOWAS-EU cooperation in Mali.- Chapter 5. Case Study III: AU-EU cooperation in response to the crisis in Somalia.- Chapter 6. Conclusions: cross-case comparison, theoretical reflections, and policy recommendations.