The EU Strategy and Security Policy

This edited collection is a timely and in-depth analysis of the EUâs 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 EUâs 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 EUâs 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 EUâs future strategic direction. This book will be of much interest to students of European security EU policy strategic studies and IR in general. . Language: English