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Pan‐Europe Revisited: Inter‐War Debates and the EU's Pursuit of Geopolitical Power

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's (EU) transformation from a peace project to an assertive geopolitical actor reflects enduring tensions in integration theory dating back to the inter‐war period. This paper develops a comparative framework distinguishing territorial integration logic, which emphasises bounded political communities and collective defence ...
Kamil Zwolski
wiley   +1 more source

The European Union Battle Groups in the development of the Common Security and Defense Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) enables European Union to take a leading role in peace – keeping operations, conflict prevention and the strengthening of the international security.
Górniak, Dariusz
core   +1 more source

National Interests vs. Security and Defence Integration in the EU: A comparative case study of Britain and Germany [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
As institutionalists have assumed, institutions are supposed to shape the behaviours of actors towards collective objectives and better prospects. For this purpose, the EU has established an institutionalised framework for developing security and defence
CHEN, WEI-FANG
core  

Incremental Shifts, Strategic Orbits: The Evolution of EU Space Policy Through Gradual Security Linkages

open access: yesGlobal Policy, Volume 17, Issue S3, Page S9-S21, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the evolution of European Union (EU) space policy through the lens of historical institutionalism, highlighting how security and defence considerations have been incrementally integrated into a domain originally framed as civilian and scientific.
Gustavo G. Müller, Philip De Man
wiley   +1 more source

Two Norms Collide: EU Policy on Fragile and Conflict‐Affected Countries

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 1223-1237, May 2026.
Abstract The European Union's (EU's) policy towards fragile and conflict‐affected (FCA) countries has been framed by a normative solidarity narrative that promotes and legitimises collective action. Over the past two decades, the EU's commitment to protecting the security of its citizens has increasingly become a strong, competing normative driver of ...
Julian Bergmann, Mark Furness
wiley   +1 more source

Stanowisko Niemiec wobec reformy Wspólnej Polityki Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony UE (2016-2022)

open access: yesPoliteja
GERMANY’S POSITION TOWARDS THE REFORM OF THE EU’S COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY (2016-2022) The aim of this article is to analyze Germany’s position towards the development of CSDP between 2016 and 2023, that is, from the enactment of the EU ...
Krzysztof Malinowski
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of European Union (EU) Metagovernance in Supporting the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2026.
ABSTRACT This article argues that European Union (EU) peacebuilding scholarship can benefit from organizational research on the socio‐spatial dynamics of policy implementation. It introduces a strategic‐relational heuristic to address two key gaps: the marginalization of grassroots agency in spatial analyses and the separation of strategy from ...
Giada Lagana, Sioned Pearce
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of the European Union in Managing African Crises Between Development Aid and Geopolitical Interests

open access: yesWorld Affairs, Volume 189, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This study conducts a comprehensive and critical examination of the interplay between development assistance and strategic geopolitical objectives in the European Union's (EU) engagement with African crises. Although the EU positions itself as a normative power committed to advancing peace, development, and human rights, its practices often ...
Edmond Chick   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Common Foreign, Security, and Defense Policy

open access: yes, 2016
The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) objectives are an integral part of the overall objectives of the European Union and the policy area has developed from a purely intergovernmental form of cooperation in the days of the European political ...
Wessel, Ramses A.; id_orcid   +2 more
core   +1 more source

European Parliament Position on EU Cyber Security and Defense Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Ensuring cyber security in scope of cyber defense is currently among the top priorities of the EU Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). Matters included in scope of cyber defense are a competence of the Member States and cooperation at EU level in ...
Staszczyk, Artur
core   +1 more source

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