This book explores the EU's approach to peacebuilding and questions the EU global role as crisis manager and capacity builder. It highlights the significant contributions of the EU to civilian peacebuilding and also critically evaluates the activities of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) within their rule of law and human rights peacebuilding missions. It draws on the author's twenty years of experience working on CSDP and EU defence matters including his research on EU police missions in Africa and Middle East. It exposes emergent tension between peacebuilding in its neighbourhood and security issues. It examines the practice of EU peacebuilding including performance of its missions and how deployed personnel can professionalise their diplomatic (mediation, negotiation and dialogue facilitation) capacity to fully realise the potential of missions and exploit opportunities for expanding the vision of peace. It formulates convincing policy recommendations for the future planning of EU external relations in post conflict environments and offers valuable insights into how to connect with people and communities in the aftermath of conflict.

Critically analyses the EU's civilian CSDP missions ambition and results to date Offers strategies for connecting more effectively with host countries Shifts the vision of peacebuilding from present challenges to identifying a desired future

Autorentext

Kieran Doyle is Senior Lecturer at Maynooth University, Republic of Ireland, and Deputy Director of the Edward M Kennedy Institute. Since 2013, Dr Doyle has been Irish representative on the Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) based in the European External Action Service, Brussels. In 2023 he was a Fellow in the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University, participating in a research cluster on Conflict and Identity Politics. Sean Mc Gearty is Adjunct Lecturer with the Edward Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention, Maynooth University, Republic of Ireland, and a member of the UNDP -Department of Political Affairs Peace and Development Specialist Roster and the OSCE Mediation Experts Roster. He has over 25 years' experience in peacebuilding as an advisor, mediator and trainer with a strong track record of working to support peace processes in fragile and conflict affected countries including the Middle East, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Cyprus as well as ongoing work to support the Northern Ireland peace process.

Klappentext

This book explores the EU's approach to peacebuilding and questions the EU global role as crisis manager and capacity builder. It highlights the significant contributions of the EU to civilian peacebuilding and also critically evaluates the activities of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) within their rule of law and human rights peacebuilding missions. It draws on the author's twenty years of experience working on CSDP and EU defence matters including his research on EU police missions in Africa and Middle East. It exposes emergent tension between peacebuilding in its neighbourhood and security issues. It examines the practice of EU peacebuilding including performance of its missions and how deployed personnel can professionalise their diplomatic (mediation, negotiation and dialogue facilitation) capacity to fully realise the potential of missions and exploit opportunities for expanding the vision of peace. It formulates convincing policy recommendations for the future planning of EU external relations in post conflict environments and offers valuable insights into how to connect with people and communities in the aftermath of conflict.

Inhalt

1. CSDP and alignment with supranational goals of the Union.- 2. Where the EU has fitted in on the ground (integrated approach).- 3. Getting under the Skin.- 4. Transformational Leadership, Soft Power, Building Trust and understanding the root causes of conflict for a sustaining peace.- 5. Conclusion Connecting the Head with the Heart and Feet.