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Author Engberg, Katarina

Title The EU and military operations : a comparative analysis / Katarina Engberg
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 207 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in European security and strategy
Studies in European security and strategy.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Purpose and overview; 2 The study of EU military operations; 2.1 Searching for ideas; Introduction; Functional themes: the use of force; Organisational themes: collective security; 2.2 Introducing the Analytical Tool; Academic concepts; Defence planning; The state of defence planning; Hierarchy and sequence of documents; The EU's defence planning; Elaborating on the techniques of defence planning; Presenting the Analytical Tool
Developing the elaborated Analytical ToolIntroducing timelines; 2.3 Setting the stage; The cases; Defining 'EU military operations'; Command and control; Cases and non-cases; Sources; 3 The first operations; 3.1 Western Balkans: Operation Concordia 2003 and Operation EUFOR Althea 2004 -- ongoing; Introduction; Operation Concordia; Operation EUFOR Althea; Applying the Analytical Tool; Conclusions; 3.2 Operation Artemis 2003; 4 The non-case of the Lebanon war 2006; Introduction; The unfolding of events; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Conclusions
5 Operation EUFOR RD Congo 2006Introduction; The unfolding of events; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Conclusions; 6 Comparing the two main cases: the Lebanon war and Operation EUFOR RD Congo; Comparing the two main cases; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; 7 Sahel and Congo DRC, again; 7.1 Operation EUFOR Chad/CAR 2008-2009; Introduction; Applying the Analytical Tool; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Conclusions
7.2 The non-case of Eastern Congo DRC 2008Introduction; Applying the Analytical Tool; A Factors external to the organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Conclusions; 8 The Horn of Africa, Northern Africa, Sahel and the Levant ; 8.1 Operation EUNVAFOR Atalanta 2008 -- ongoing, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP NESTOR; Introduction; A comprehensive approach; EUTM Somalia and EUCAP NESTOR; Applying the Analytical Tool; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Conclusions; 8.2 The non-case of Libya 2011; Introduction; EU deliberations; European lead?
Launching the operationThe maritime enforcement of the embargo and EUFOR Libya; European hesitations; Giving away the strategic keys to UN OCHA; Applying the Analytical Tool to Libya: the air campaign; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Applying the Analytical Tool to Libya: the maritime embargo; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Applying the Analytical Tool to Libya: EUFOR Libya; A Factors External to the Organisation; B Factors Internal to the Organisation; Conclusions
Summary This book is a comparative study which aims to answer the question: under what circumstances does the EU undertake military operations? Since 2003, the EU has carried out six military operations. What accounts for this historic development? The EU and Military Operations examines the dynamics behind the EU ́s collective use of force and situates the EU in the context of a global division of labour with regard to military crisis management. It centres on the study of two main cases of EU military operations: the non-case when an operation was planned in the Lebanon war 2006 but did not occur, an
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2014)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-201) and index
Subject European Union -- Military policy
SUBJECT European Union fast
Subject National security -- Europe
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Coopération militaire.
UE/CE Union européenne.
UE/CE PESC= Politique étrangère et de sécurité commune.
Politique de défense.
Gestion de crises.
Recours à la force.
Analyse comparative.
Military policy
National security
SUBJECT Europe -- History, Military -- 21st century
Subject Europe
Genre/Form Electronic books
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134120260
1134120265
9780203381663
0203381661