Pan‐Europe Revisited: Inter‐War Debates and the EU's Pursuit of Geopolitical Power
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
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The trouble with PESCO. The mirages of European defence. POINT OF VIEW 69, February 2018 [PDF]
The creation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in December 2017 crowned the series of recent debates and actions aimed at strengthening the common security and defence policy of the EU.
Gotkowska, Justyna
core
Panama Canal expansion and shifts in fishing practices: A social‐ecological network approach
Abstract Species introductions have spiked over the past two centuries due to globalization. These introductions impact ecosystems, but may also have long‐term implications for human communities. In one of the world's hubs for global shipping, the Panama Canal, a recent canal expansion has coincided with an increase in marine fishes entering the ...
Michelle Hübel +10 more
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European Defence: What’s in the CARDs for PESCO? Egmont Security Policy Briefs No. 91, October 2017 [PDF]
Suddenly everything is happening at once: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD), the European Defence Fund (EDF)… The launch of PESCO is expected before the end of the year or in early 2018 at the ...
Biscop, Sven.
core
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
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Putting the Core at the Centre The Crisis Response Operation Core (CROC) and the Future of PESCO. Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 119 December 2019 [PDF]
The reader who cannot readily identify the meaning of CROC (Croque Monsieur? Croque Madame?) in the context of European defence can be forgiven. The flurry of activity in the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) since 2016 has generated a host ...
Biscop, Sven
core
EU-NATO Cooperation and Strategic Autonomy - Logical Contradiction or Ariadne's Thread? [PDF]
The EU’s common security and defence policy (CSDP) was launched in the 1990s as a quest for “autonomy.” Fifteen years of efforts failed to deliver that objective.
Howorth, Jolyon
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The CSDP’s renaissance. Challenges and opportunities for the eastern flank. OSW Commentary NUMBER 243 | 28.06.2017 [PDF]
On 22 June the European Council agreed on the need to launch a permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) in the field of security and defence. Thus, the last of the discussed initiatives on the development of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy ...
Gotkowska, Justyna
core
The Post-Brexit EU as a Global Actor: Reconsidering Security [PDF]
The departure of the UK left the EU not only without its second largest economy, but also without one of its two nuclear powers – with a permanent seat in the Security Council – and without an important member state of NATO – a global security provider ...
Valentin Naumescu
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Abstract Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 disrupted the status quo of the European security order and brought about a re‐engagement in the UK–EU security relationship. However, co‐operation remains informal and ad hoc in ways that diverge from theoretical expectations of security co‐operation in the face of external threats.
Monika Sus, Benjamin Martill
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