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Security and defence policy in the European Union / Jolyon Howorth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howorth, Jolyon.
- Series:
- European Union series
- The European Union series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--European Union countries.
- National security.
- European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 315 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2007]
- Summary:
- This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis by a leading authority of the EU's recent emergence as a security and defence actor and the implications for transatlantic relations.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: A New Security Actor on the World Stage 1
- Coming to Terms with ESDP 1
- The Genesis of ESDP 6
- The Basic Structure of the Book 10
- Empirical Reality and Political Theory 22
- 2 Disputed Origins: True and False Drivers Behind ESDP 33
- The Saint Malo Revolution 33
- Misleading Allegations 37
- The Underlying Drivers Behind ESDP 52
- 3 Decision-Making: The Politico-Institutional Framework 61
- Institutions and Wiring Diagrams 61
- The Existing Institutional Framework 63
- The Post-Saint Malo Institutions 67
- Institutional Engineering in the Constitutional Treaty of 2004 76
- 4 The Instruments of Intervention: Military and Civilian Capabilities 92
- Transforming EU Military Capabilities 95
- Civilian Crisis Management: Politics by Other Means? 124
- 5 Selling it to Uncle Sam...ESDP and Transatlantic Relations 135
- US Reactions to ESDP 136
- European Approaches to the NATO-ESDP Relationship 146
- Institutional Relations between EU and NATO 160
- Conclusion: Current Problems in the NATO-ESDP Relationship 173
- 6 Towards a European Strategic Culture? 178
- Theorizing Strategic Culture 178
- The Limitations of Realism 181
- The Promise of Constructivism 185
- Lingering Questions 192
- The European Security Strategy: New Norms for a New World? 199
- 7 Back to the Front? The EU's Overseas Missions 207
- Thinking About Intervention 207
- Monitoring and Assistance Missions 212
- Police Missions 224
- EU Military Operations 231
- 8 The Major Challenges Ahead 242
- The EU's World in 2025 242
- Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities 245
- Troublesome Neighbours? 248
- Defence Policy Planning 251
- Continuing Political Cultural Challenges 256
- Appendix The European Security Strategy 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780333639115
- 0333639111
- 033363912X
- 9780333639122
- OCLC:
- 84996118
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