Security and Defence Policy in the European Union

This major new text by a leading authority on European security provides a full assessment of the historical, political and systemic reasons behind the rise of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). The author argues that the key issues involved - the challenges of defining a more balanced partnership between the two sides of the Atlantic and of transforming the EU from a civilian power into a new type of crisis management actor - are the most significant since the creation of NATO and the EU at the end of World War 2.

Introduction: A New Security Actor on the World Stage; Disputed Origins - True and False Drivers Behind ESDP; Decision-Making: The Politico-Institutional Framework; The Instruments of Intervention: Military and Civilian Capabilities; Selling it to Uncle Sam: ESDP and Trans-Atlantic Relations; Towards a European Strategic Culture?; Back to the Front? The EU's Overseas Missions; The Major Challenges Ahead

JOLYON HOWORTH is Visiting Professor of Political Science at Yale University, USA and Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics at Bath University, UK.

• ISBN: 9780333639122
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Author: Jolyon Howorth
• Language: English
• Type: 21,4 x 13,8 x 1 cm

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