Europe's Common Security and Defence Policy

Informationen zum Autor Michael E. Smith Zusammenfassung Involvement in foreign crisis management! conflict resolution! and peacekeeping operations is a risky experiment for the EU! and its performance varies widely. Thanks in part to inside information provided by top EU policy-makers! this volume explains and evaluates the EU's effectiveness! under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)! in conducting over thirty such operations since 2003.

Auteur

Michael E. Smith

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A new conceptual framework for explaining and evaluating EU security assistance operations, supported by extensive interviews with high-level policy-makers.

Résumé
Involvement in foreign crisis management, conflict resolution, and peacekeeping operations is a risky experiment for the EU, and its performance varies widely. Thanks in part to inside information provided by top EU policy-makers, this volume explains and evaluates the EU's effectiveness, under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), in conducting over thirty such operations since 2003.

Contenu

Introduction; 1. Experiential institutional learning and the CSDP; 2. The first CSDP actions: taking over from the UN and NATO in the Balkans; 3. Independent military peacekeeping operations; 4. Civilian police and monitoring missions; 5. Rule of law and security sector reform missions; 6. The EU as a maritime actor: EUNAVFOR Somalia; 7. The CSDP and the comprehensive approach under the Lisbon Treaty; 8. Conclusion: security, strategy, and the EU's global role.