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Disposed to take action? : an assessment of the EU as a global security actor in the combat of regional conflicts
Sutter, D. (2016) Disposed to take action? : an assessment of the EU as a global security actor in the combat of regional conflicts.
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| Abstract: | This paper aims to determine the EU’s ability to successfully contribute to global security and more specifically to the combat of regional conflicts. In this context, the relevant legal framework is discussed as well as the EU’s relationship with NATO and past conflict resolution missions. Moreover, obstacles in the existing provisions, the cooperation mechanisms with NATO and launched missions are evaluated. As the foreign and security policy of the EU is and has been subject to constant change, there is still little research about the current dynamics, problems and possibilities. The paper reveals that the EU can only contribute to regional conflict resolution to a medium extent, which is caused by structural problems originating from the intergovernmental construction of the CFSP and impediments in the cooperation with NATO. The latter arises from a doubtful legal nature of the formal EU-NATO cooperation and the ongoing dispute between EU Member State Cyprus and NATO Member State Turkey. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 86 law |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/70352 |
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