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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 in the global security architecture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Whilst its genesis was focused on the economic dimension of market building, the whole process of European integration has always been, in essence, a security policy project. Seeking to ensure the impossibility of another war in Europe has been a central
Koutrakos, P.
core   +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

The European Power Hierarchy, Member State Trust, and Public Support for the Common Security and Defense Policy. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 15 No. 2, August 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Existing studies focus on overall support for European integration while less work has been done on explaining public opinion on specific policy areas, such as the development of the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP).
Genna, Gaspare M., Justwan, Florian
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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

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 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

Extremism as a factor of systemic dynamics of Common Security and Defense policy during the migratory crisis [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2019
This paper aims at explaining causes of key changes of European Union 's Common Security and Defense Policy (EU CSDP) characteristics as a reference object in relation to the five-year influx of migrants to the EU between 2013 and 2017.
Stekić Nenad Z.
doaj  

Navigating the Uncertainties of Post‐disruption Dynamics in Discourse: A Case Study of the EU–UK Security Relationship After Brexit

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 354-370, January 2026.
Abstract The article presents a model that conceptualizes the discursive construction of post‐disruption dynamics endorsed and reproduced by the affected parties and its potential to (not) contribute to future co‐operation. Conceiving of Brexit as a prime case of a broader phenomenon of post‐disruption contexts, this paper applies this model to the ...
Monika Brusenbauch Meislová
wiley   +1 more source

CSDP and the open method of coordination: developing the eu’s comprehensive approach to security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
How can we best describe the operation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), and how can we improve policy-making in CSDP? The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) is predicated on the conviction that there are clear limits to the extent that ...
Sweeney, Simon Yerbury, Winn, Neil
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