European Security and Defence Policy: An Implementation Perspective(Routledge Advances in European Politics)

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.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: The European Union in International Security Affairs 2. The European Security and Defence Policy 3. The Role of ESDP Operations 4. The Police Mission EUPM in Bosnia, 2003-2005 5. The EU Military Operation in Bosnia 6. EUPOL Proxima in Macedonia, 2003-2005 7. More than a Balkan Crisis Manager 8. Implementing the ESDP in Africa 9. From European to Global Security Actor 10. ESDP Operations and NATO 11. The ESDP Between Washington and Brussels 12. The ESDP in Action 13. The Implementation of the ESDP

About the Author :
Michael Merlingen is Associate Professor at the Central European University, Hungary.

Review :
'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