Policy-Making in EU Security and Defense An Institutional Perspective

by Dijkstra, Hylke

• ISBN13: 9781137357861
• ISBN10: 113735786X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-08-29
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

EU foreign policy has long been considered the exclusive domain of member states. This book challenges such conventional state-centered wisdom by analyzing the influence of the Brussels-based EU officials in the sensitive area of security and defense. It asks why the member states have delegated important functions to the EU and continues to examine how EU civil servants affect the planning and conduct of civilian and military operations.

Using multiple case studies and unique insights from over a hundred interviews, this book shows how everyday security policy is made in practice. Whether it concerns the deployment of uniformed personnel to Aceh, Bosnia, Chad or Kosovo, the EU officials in the Council and the European External Action Service shape outcomes and make a difference. This book will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners of EU foreign policy.

Author Biography

Dr Hylke Dijkstra is a Marie Curie fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, UK. He is also affiliated to Nuffield College and Maastricht University. He has published widely on EU foreign policy in leading academic journals and wrote an award-winning dissertation.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Credits
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Delegation and Agency in International Relations
3. Institutional Development in EU Security and Defence
4. Policy-Making in EU Security and Defence
5. Military Operation in Bosnia
6. Monitoring Mission in Aceh
7. Military Operation in Chad
8. Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
9. Conclusion
References
Index