The European Security and Defence Policy

Security and defence is the area in which the EU has advanced most in recent years. A principal element of this process is the proliferating number of military and civilian crisis management missions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Clearly, Europe has come a long way since the disappointments and frustration in the 1990s, when, in light of the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia, analysts argued that the EU foreign and security policy was 'neither common, nor foreign, nor dealing with security, nor (could) be called a policy.' Since then the newly developed European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) has become the necessary framework for the formulation and implementation of effective European security policy.This book is the first-ever in-depth inquiry of the ESDP in action. It analyzes the implementation of military and civilian missions in the Balkans, Southern Caucasus, Africa and Asia and asks what impact they have on the ground. The EUJUST Themis in Georgia, the Aceh Monitoring Mission in Indonesia as well as EUSEC-R.D. Congo and EUPOL Kinshasa are examined in "The European Security and Defence Policy" will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, security, European studies, foreign policy, peacekeeping and transatlantic relations.

ISBN 0415431735   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780415431736 (What's this?)   Pages 248 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Routledge   Weight (grammes) 520 Format Hardback   Published in London Publication date 20 Dec 2007   Series title Routledge Advances in European Politics Writer of preface Javier Solana   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress 2007017598   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 355.03354   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		List of Abbreviations
1		Introduction: The European Union in International Security Affairs by Michael Merlingen and Rasa Ostrauskaite		1
2		The European Security and Defence Policy: History, Structures and Capabilities by Maria Raquel Freire		9
3		The Role of ESDP Operations by Xymena Kurowska		25
4		The Police Mission EUPM in Bosnia. 2003-05 by Thomas Muhlmann		43
5		The EU Military Operation in Bosnia by Thomas Bertin		61
6		EUPOL Proxima in Macedonia, 2003-05 by Tobias Flessenkemper		78
7		More than a Balkan Crisis Manager: The EUJUST Themis in Georgia by Xymena Kurowska		97
8		Implementing the ESDP in Africa: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Marta Martinelli		111
9		From European to Global Security Actor: The Aceh Monitoring Mission in Indonesia by Paul Kirwan		128
10		ESDP Operations and NATO: Co-operation, Rivalry or Muddling-through? by Gabriele Cascone		143
11		The ESDP between Washington and Brussels by Jeffrey Simon		159
12		The ESDP in Action: The View from the Consumer Side by Kurt Bassuener and Enver Ferhatovic		173
13		The Implementation of the ESDP: Issues and Tentative Generalizations by Michael Merlingen and Rasa Ostrauskaite		189
		Bibliography		206
		Index		219

'Bringing together the contributions of different experts, this book provides a well constructed framework for the study of the development of European Security and Defence Policy missions, both military and civilian.'Mirca Brancaleone, The International Spectator

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