Ambition and reality: the capability-expectations gap and the struggle for strategic autonomy in EU defense integration
D'Avaro, Morgan Salvatore (A.A. 2024/2025) Ambition and reality: the capability-expectations gap and the struggle for strategic autonomy in EU defense integration. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Giovanni Orsina, pp. 84. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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Abstract/Index
Post-WWII security order and the rise of EU defiance ambitions. Theoretical and methodological approach: the capability-expectations gap and EU Defiance. Research problem and research question. Theoretical framework: the capability-expectations gap. Strategic autonomy ambitions, dependencies and institutional constraints. The methodological approach. Anticipated insights and implications. The historical foundation of European defiance. Reconstruction under hegemony: post-war recovery and the foundations of intergovernmental Europe. From allied unity to strategic fracture: Yalta, Potsdam and the roots of the cold war divide. Soviet domination and the collapse of post-war consensus: from buffer zones to ideological confrontation. The berlin blockade and the consolidation of US security leadership in Europe. The Brussels treaty: symbolic unity and structural limits. NATO and the foundations of transatlantic dependence. The rise and fall of the European defense community (EDC). The Western European Union and the institutionalization of European defense. From Maastricht to Lisbon: Treaty reforms and the enduring logic of intergovernmentalism in European defense. EU defense Initiatives in practice–the pursuit of strategic autonomy and the capability-expectations gap. Permanent structured cooperation (PESCO). The European defense fund (EDF). CARD (Coordinated annual review on defiance).
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Bibliografia: pp. 75-84.
| 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 history of political systems |
| Thesis Supervisor: | Orsina, Giovanni |
| Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Capati, Andrea |
| Academic Year: | 2024/2025 |
| Session: | Extraordinary |
| Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2026 14:20 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2026 14:20 |
| URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46320 |
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