The European security and defence architecture: historical evolution, governance and measures to enhance EU international actorness

Grassi, Filippo (A.A. 2022/2023) The European security and defence architecture: historical evolution, governance and measures to enhance EU international actorness. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative politics, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Sergio Fabbrini, pp. 148. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Historical analysis of the European integration process in the field of defence and security. The first attempt at military integration: the European defence community. The alternative to the EDC: the Western European Union. The new season of integration in the 1960s and 1970s: from the establishment of the EEC to the failure of the fouchet plan. Stalled European diplomacy and the push for European political cooperation (EPC). The final preparations for the Union: the season of major reforms from the single European act to the Maastricht and Amsterdam treaties. From the St. Malò declaration to the birth of ESDP during the Cologne council. Towards the Lisbon treaty: from the treaty of nice to the laeken declaration and the adoption of the new European security strategy. The Lisbon treaty and the new institutional framework of CFSP and ESDP. The EU foreign policy and the CFSP/CSDP: the institutional framework, the policy-making process and the EU's security architecture. The EU foreign policy system: structure, characteristics and areas of tension. A multi-method and multi-level foreign policy. The nature of EU foreign policy competences. The financing system of EU foreign policy. Addressing security challenfes: the European Union's security architecture. The common foreign and security policy. The common security and defence policy. Internal and third-party collaboration machanisms. The functioning of the EU security architecture: the decision-making system. The CFSP and CSDP in action: analysis of European civilian and military missions, critical issues and the path towards strategic autonomy. Brussels as a global player: major civilian and military missions and areas of interest. The Eastern neighbourhood: EUAM Ukraine and EUMM Georgia. The Western Balkans: from Concordia to EUFOR Althea. The Mediterranean: the failure to launch EUFOR Libya and European inaction. The Middle East: focus on European involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Africa: from the war in RD Congo to the instability in the Sahel and the fight against piracy in the Horn of Africa. The political, structural and operational shortcomings of the EU's security architecture. A joint European defence and the achievement of stretegic autonomy as a potential solutions of EU's security issues.

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Bibliografia: pp. 113-136.

Thesis Type: Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair: Comparative politics
Thesis Supervisor: Fabbrini, Sergio
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Christiansen, Thomas
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Session: Summer
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2023 14:17
Last Modified: 12 Dec 2023 14:17
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/37294

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