The Routledge Handbook of European Security

by Biscop; Sven

• ISBN13: 9780415588287
• ISBN10: 0415588286
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. While the focus is on the politico-military dimension, security will be put in the context of the holistic approach advocated by the EU.Each chapter critically examines EU objectives, instruments and means, in order to assess their effectiveness, and identify their weaknesses, and offer some recommendations for the EU as a security actor on the international stage. This Handbook accounts for the gradual emergence of the EU as an autonomous actor in this field since the end of the Cold War, its objectives being to safeguard European security by improving global security. A key aspect of this development has been the emergence of a defence component through the EU's European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), re-baptized the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) by the Lisbon Treaty. Whilst this remains a contested development, the international role for the EU as a security actor is here to stay, and is covered in this volume in detail; providing an essential assessment for all students of European Security, the EU, European Politics, security studies and IR in general.The volume is organized in five parts:Part I sets the scene: after a historical overview of the development of European security institutions and an assessment of today's multipolar order, it analyzes the holistic "grand strategy" underlying EU policies and assesses whether a European strategic culture has emerged.Part II looks at the institutions that make and implement policy in the different dimensions covered by the "grand strategy", charts the instruments and means at their disposal, and assesses to which extent "sub-strategies" in each area are linked up with the overall objectives put forward in the ESS.Part III then assesses the effectiveness of the actual policies and actions undertaken, putting the politico-military dimension in the context of the holistic approach.Part IV analyzes the role of partnerships with other actors in these policies.Part V offers a theoretical perspective on all of these developments.

Author Biography

Sven Biscop is Director of the Europe in the World Programme at Egmont - Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels, and Editor-in-Chief of its journal Studia Diplomatica and its Egmont Papers. He teaches at Ghent University and the College of Europe (Bruges). Richard G. Whitman is Professor of Politics and International Relations in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, and an Associate Fellow at Chatham House.

Table of Contents

List of figures, maps and tables	p. x
Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The EU as an international security actor	p. 3
European security institutions 1945-2010: the weaknesses and strengths of 'Brusselsization'	p. 5
Realism: a dissident voice in the study of the CSDP	p. 18
Liberal, constructivist and critical studies of European security	p. 28
The European Security Strategy: towards a grand strategy?	p. 38
European strategic culture: taking stock and looking ahead	p. 50
Institutions, instruments and means	p. 61
Diplomacy and the CFSP: with new hands on the wheel, have we something that's real?	p. 63
Military CSDP: the quest for capability	p. 78
Civilian CSDP: a tool for state-building?	p. 91
Defence industry and technology: the base for a more capable Europe	p. 105
Security through democracy: between aspiration and pretence	p. 115
Security and development in EU external relations: converging, but in which direction?	p. 126
Policies	p. 143
The CSDP in the Western Balkans: from experimental pilot to security governance	p. 145
The three paradigms of European security in Eastern Europe: co-operation, competition and conflict	p. 159
Europe, the Southern Neighbourhood and the Middle East: struggling for coherence	p. 170
The EU and Iran	p. 179
The EU and sub-Saharan Africa	p. 189
The EU and Asia: towards proactive engagement?	p. 201
A new geography of European power?	p. 211
The EU and counter-terrorism	p. 225
The EU and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction	p. 235
Energy security: a missing link between EU energy and foreign policies	p. 243
Partners	p. 253
NATO and the United States: working with the EU to strengthen Euro-Atlantic security	p. 255
The UN and European strategy	p. 270
CSDP and the OSCE: time for partnership to reach its full potential?	p. 281
The African Union: a partner for security	p. 292
The EU and its strategic partners: a critical assessment of the EU's strategic partnerships	p. 302
Bibliography	p. 315
Index	p. 347
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