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1 online resource (246 pages) |
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Cover; The European Union and Military Force; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; 1 Introduction: CSDP, strategic actorness and security governance; Conceptions of the EU as an international actor; The EU as a strategic actor; The governance turn in EU studies; Towards heterarchy; The interaction of multiple actors; Formal and informal institutionalisation; Relations between actors that are ideational in character; A collective purpose; The promise of the security governance approach; Strategic actorness and security governance; Structure of the book. |
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2 European strategic culture and the Comprehensive ApproachIs there a European strategic culture?; Beyond constructive ambiguity; Creating a purpose for the CSDP; The reluctant military actor: acting comprehensively as an end; Concluding remarks; 3 In pursuit of the EU interest: state, individual and institutional agency in the CSDP; The evolution of EU foreign policy-making: a search for efficiency; The expanding role of the Council Secretariat in the CSDP; The Solana legacy: the changing power of individuals in the CSDP; The impact of big and small Member States on the CSDP. |
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Concluding remarks4 The institutional link: creating a civil-military organisation fit for purpose; Two models for organising the civil-military interface; Flawed by design; Reforming the civil-military structures; Building a culture of coordination; The joint SITCEN: a pathfinder for EU civil-military integration?; Concluding remarks; 5 Building European capabilities: beyond the transatlantic gap; The capability gap and the concept of interoperability; The Headline Goal 2003: (re- )counting old capabilities; The Headline Goal 2010: from quantity to quality (I)? |
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The case of the Nordic BattlegroupLead and niche nations: the CSDP as arena for role specialisation; The European Defence Agency: managing the system top-down?; The civilian capability process: sending solicitors to war; The Civilian Headline Goal 2008: from quantity to quality (II)?; Broad interoperability as comparative advantage; Concluding remarks; 6 CSDP operations: learning through failure or failing to learn?; Categorising EU operations; Europe and its Southern flanks: mastering your own backyard; Operations in the Western Balkans; Operations in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. |
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Operations in the Middle EastAfrica and the wider Middle East: a testing ground for the CSDP; Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Operations in Central Africa; Other EU operations in Africa and beyond; The world is the stage: the EU's global ambitions; Concluding remarks; 7 Conclusion: a comprehensive strategic actor for the future?; A comprehensive strategic actor?; EU security governance revisited: a strategic actor for the future?; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Assesses the function, successes of and challenges for the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
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European Union.
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European Union. |
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Strategic culture -- European Union countries.
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Strategic culture. |
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European Union countries. |
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Civil-military relations -- European Union countries.
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Civil-military relations. |
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European Union countries -- Military policy -- Decision making.
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Military policy. |
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Decision making. |
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European Union countries -- Strategic aspects.
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European Union countries -- Defenses.
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Defenses. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Norheim-Martinsen, Per M. European Union and Military Force : Governance and Strategy. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107028906 |
| ISBN |
9781139842846 |
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1139842846 |
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9781107028906 (Cloth) |
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1107028906 (Cloth) |
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9781283836326 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283836327 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781139840460 (electronic book) |
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1139840460 (electronic book) |
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1139237071 (electronic book) |
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9781139237079 (electronic book) |
