| ID | 124619 |
| Title Proper | Military dimension of European security |
| Other Title Information | an epistemic community approach |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cross, Mai'a K Davis |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article advances the argument that security integration is occurring in the European Union (EU) as a result of the influence of certain knowledge-based networks or epistemic communities. Given that EU member-states consistently resist integration in areas that are central to traditional state sovereignty, security integration presents a puzzle. The case of the EU Military Committee (EUMC) will serve as an example of how and why epistemic communities matter in security decision-making. Although the EUMC and the Common Security and Defence Policy are relatively new, the power of shared expertise among high-level military officers has already begun to dismantle sovereign barriers to security integration. In considering the puzzle of security integration, this article suggests that the epistemic community framework provides a better explanation for the emergence of a European security space than alternative arguments, such as principal-agent theory, intergovernmental bargaining, and regime theory. The case of a military epistemic community also serves to broaden the epistemic community literature, which tends to focus somewhat narrowly on cases of environmental and economics experts. |
| `In' analytical Note | Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 42, No.1; Sep 2013: p.45-64 |
| Journal Source | Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 42, No.1; Sep 2013: p.45-64 |
| Key Words | Epistemic Communities ; European Union ; Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) ; European Union Military Committee (EUMC) ; European Integration |