European Union Security Dynamics In The New National Interest

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ISBN: 9780230521889 | 0230521886
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Copyright: 3/15/2009

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This book shows how France and Britain are leaders in EU security and defence policy, and explains why both states need each other in this policy area. The lack of relevant military capacity in Europe today implies that the US favours a strong EU in this field.

List of Abbreviations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Epigraph	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Security Policy in Europe
Post-National Security Policy in Europe	p. 15
From nation-state to 'service-state' in Europe	p. 17
From existential, territorial threat to diffuse risk	p. 19
Implications for non-state actors in security policy	p. 23
The state may lose its monopoly on military force	p. 26
Driving forces of internationalisation	p. 29
Multilateral legitimacy	p. 31
The return of security interests: Doing good and fighting terrorism	p. 36
EU Security and Defence Policy: Legitimacy and Capability	p. 40
EU legitimacy for the use of force	p. 41
EU military capabilities	p. 46
European Capabilities Action Plan (ECAP)	p. 49
Headline goal 2010	p. 50
EDA	p. 51
The civilian headline goals for 2008	p. 53
Gendarmerie force	p. 53
Institutional capacity building	p. 54
Planning Cell instead of headquarter	p. 55
EU operations	p. 57
NATO's role	p. 58
Relations between NATO and the EU	p. 60
How are decisions made in the EU?	p. 61
EU Security Dynamics: The New National Interests	p. 68
The new national interests in security policy	p. 73
Realist models of the ESDP	p. 77
Constructivist and institutionalist approaches	p. 79
The EU: Soft power - therefore ethical power?	p. 84
Indirect power: The shaping of institutions	p. 86
Exercising power in the ESDP	p. 89
EU Security Dynamics: Pursuing National Interests
Playing the Great Game: France, Britain, and Germany	p. 97
Grand strategy in Europe	p. 99
France	p. 101
The evolution of French strategic thinking	p. 104
Britain	p. 110
From unilateral to multilateral force deployments	p. 117
The main political dynamic: Directoire inside the EU	p. 120
The battlegroups	p. 125
The EDA and defence industry 'pooling'	p. 130
Conclusions	p. 134
Playing the Two-Level Game: France, Britain, Germany	p. 138
Two-level games played	p. 138
Domestic political processes	p. 143
Weak governments: Italy and Germany	p. 146
Italy	p. 146
Germany	p. 146
Strong governments: Britain and France	p. 159
Britain	p. 159
France	p. 162
Weak state elites must play two-level games	p. 164
Strong state elites sometimes play two-level games	p. 165
Incurring Security Policy Dependencies?
Coalitions of the Able: The Pooling of Military Capacity in the ESDP	p. 169
Military integration in Europe	p. 171
Integration in the battlegroups	p. 173
Integration through procurement and planning?	p. 174
Military capacities: Who depends on whom?	p. 176
The political process: Does it create integration?	p. 184
Coalitions of the Willing: The Pooling of Sovereignty in the ESDP	p. 188
EU as an arena or an actor?	p. 190
In bello decision-making matters increasingly	p. 192
Coercive diplomacy: Another area of core logic	p. 195
EU strategic culture: A contradiction in terms?	p. 202
Capability, legitimacy, but no political will	p. 204
Conclusion: A French model for the EU?	p. 206
Notes	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 218
Index	p. 229
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