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ID086946
Title ProperEmpowering paradise? the ESDP at ten
LanguageENG
AuthorMenon, Anand
Publication2009.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Since its formal launch in June 1999, the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) has developed at a remarkable rate. In the subsequent decade, the EU has carried out 22 ESDP military and civilian operations and become an important element of Europe's ability to respond to international crises. For all this, however, there remain grounds for concern. These relate in part to the fact that, for all the early activism of ESDP, those military missions undertaken to date have been relatively limited in size and scope. The EU has also strikingly failed to intervene in certain crises that once seemed ideally suited to an ESDP deployment. The ESDP has also to a degree failed to bring about the enhancement to European military capabilities that some had hoped would be its major achievement. More generally, there is a danger that an exclusive focus on EU security policies will serve merely to distract member states from the broader international strategic environment, with ESDP serving as an alibi for their continued failure to live up to their international security responsibilities.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Affairs Vol. 85, No. 2; Mar 2009: p.227-246
Journal SourceInternational Affairs Vol. 85, No. 2; Mar 2009: p.227-246
Key WordsEmpowering Paradise ;  ESDP ;  European Security and Defence Policy ;  European Military Capabilities ;  International Strategic Environment


 
 
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