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Deubner

Security and Defence Cooperation in the EU

A Matter of Utility and Choice
Nomos,  2018, 271 Pages, E-Book

ISBN 978-3-8452-8780-5

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englischAgainst the backdrop of past and present challenges, the author of this book probes the comparative utility of the EU Member States’ principal cooperation options in security and defence in terms of their scope, institutions and procedures, and the EU Member States’ choices in this respect over the past two decades. EU Member States have not demonstrated a preference for cooperation in that policy area so far and are not likely to do so in the near future either. There is no specific common purpose that would justify a significant effort to strengthen future EU cooperation on its Common Security and Defence Policy in 2017. NATO, ad hoc coalition forming and UN peacekeeping appear and will appear more useful and important for EU Member States in the medium term.

In recent years observers have been struck by how much internal security threats, radical Islamist terror attacks and the Member States’ discord over migration have influenced the reorientation of the EU Member States’ external security and defence policies. In that increasingly important nexus, the author proposes ideas for a more systematic approach to research.

»eine systematische und gleichzeitig überaus detailreiche empirische Analyse der jüngsten Entwicklungen Europäischer Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik... Der Autor scheut erfreulicherweise nicht davor zurück, dem lesenden Publikum die ganze Komplexität der Entwicklungen und die zahlreichen unterschiedlichen Determinanten dieser Entwicklungen zuzumuten.«
Dr. Susanne Fischer, SIRIUS 4/2018, 426

»While this topic is not a new one, and there is a significant body of academic literature on the topic, Deubner's book adds to it by offering a very detailed analysis of the weaknesses inherent in the EU's security institutions. The book is beneficial for two reasons. First, it is yet another piece of literature highlighting the failings of the EU security agenda and institutions. It successfully [...]