EU Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management - Roles, Institutions, and Policies

Conflict prevention and crisis management has become a key activity for the EU since the creation of the European Security and Defence Policy in 1999. The rapid growth of this policy area, as well as the number of missions deployed beyond the EU’s border raise important questions about the nature of the EU’s international role and its contribution to international security. The Contributions to EU Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management analyze European conflict prevention and crisis management in terms of the EU’s evolving global role, its institutions and its policies. The volume analyzes the EU’s position in relation to the US, the UN and other regional security organizations, and applies three different institutionalist perspectives – historical, rational choice and sociological institutionalism - to explain the increasing institutionalization of EU crisis management policy. It also critically analyzes the application of EU policies in West Africa, Afghanistan and the Caucasus. Providing a comprehensive analysis of EU crisis management policy, the volume explores what role EU conflict prevention and crisis management policy plays in a European and a global context. Offering a comprehensive and original contribution to the literature on EU foreign and security policy, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, international relations and security studies.

1. Introduction Eva Gross and Ana E. Juncos Part I: Roles 2. The EU’s Role in International Crisis Management: Innovative Model or Emulated Script? Xymena Kurowska and Thomas Seitz 3. European Union Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management and the European Security Architecture Emma J. Stewart Part II: Institutions 4. Introducing Governance Arrangement for EU Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management Operations: A Historical Institutionalist Perspective Petar Petrov 5. Conceptualising the EU as a Civil-Military Crisis Manager: Institutional Actors and their Principals Nadia Klein 6. The Other Side of EU Crisis Management: A Sociological Institutionalist Analysis Ana E. Juncos Part III: Policies 7. The EU in West Africa: From Developmental to Diplomatic Policy? Marie Gibert 8. The EU in Afghanistan: Crisis Management in a Transatlantic Setting Eva Gross 9. The EU in Georgia: Towards a Coherent Crisis Management Strategy? Giselle Bosse 10. Conclusion and Outlook Eva Gross and Ana E. Juncos