The EU, Strategy and Security Policy - Regional and Strategic Challenges

Despite a special European Council summit in December 2013 on defence, it is generally acknowledged that fifteen years since its inception the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has yet to acquire a clear sense of purpose. This book investigates those areas where the EU has established actorness in the security and defence field and asks whether they might constitute the elements of an emergent more coherent EU strategy on security. Taking a critical view, the contributors map the EU’s strategic vision(s) across particular key regions where the EU has been active as a security actor, the strategic challenges that it has pinpointed alongside the opportunities and barriers posed by a multiplicity of actors, interests and priorities identified by both member states and EU actors. By doing this we demonstrate where gaps in strategic thinking lie, where the EU has been unable to achieve its aims, and offer recommendations concerning the EU’s future strategic direction. This book will be of much interest to students of European security, EU policy, strategic studies and IR in general.

1. Strategy in European Security and Defence policy - does it matter?, Laura Chappell, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Petar Petrov Section 1: Regional Challenges 2. CSDP strategy in the Balkans and the Eastern neighbourhoodIn Search for a Strategy?, Ana E Juncos 3. The EU in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, Ronja Kempin, Ronja Scheler 4. The EU’s comprehensive approach to security in the MENA regionWhat Lessons for CSDP from Libya?, Wolfgang Mühlberger, Patrick Müller 5. The CSDP and Asia, Rhys Merrett Section 2: Strategic Challenges 6. CSDP and the internal-external security nexus, Alistair J.K. Shepherd 7. The EU’s security actorness in cyber space: quo vadis?, André Barrinha and Helena Carrapiço 8. Maritime Security and the CSDPInterests, Operational Experience, and Strategies, Michael E. Smith 9. The EU –UN Partnership in Light of the Responsibility to Protect, Julia Schmidt Section 3: Strategic Opportunities and Barriers 10. EU-NATO relationsTop-down strategic paralysis, bottom-up cooperation, Simon Duke, Sophie Vanhoonacker 11. The National Priorities of Germany, France and the UKEnabling or Constraining a Joined-Up EU Strategy?, Laura Chappell, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Richard Whitman 12. Military Capabilities and Force Transformation, David J. Galbreath and Simon J. Smith 13. Conclusion, Laura Chappell, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Petar Petrov