This edited collection is a timely and in-depth analysis of the EU's efforts to bring coherency and strategy to its security policy actions.

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.

About the Author

Laura Chappell is Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Surrey, UK.

Jocelyn Mawdsley is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Petar Petrov is Assistant Professor in International relations and EU External Relations at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Book Information
ISBN 9781138498549
Author Laura Chappell
Format Paperback
Page Count 238
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 440g