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At a glanceWhat Think Tanks are thinking
20 March 2015
EPRS | European Parliamentary Research ServiceAuthor: Marcin Grajewski, Strategy and Coordination UnitPE 550.884
Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)The recent interview by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, in which headvocated 'a joint EU army' as a means to strengthen European foreign policy and 'allow Europe totake on responsibility in the world' has revived an on-going debate in think-tank and academiccircles about how to maximise the effectiveness of existing national and Europe-wide efforts in thefield of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The European Council adopted an extensiveset of conclusions on the subject in December 2013.
This note highlights a selection of recent studies, reports and commentaries by some of the majorinternational think tanks and research institutes that analyse issues surrounding the developmentof CSDP.
CommentariesFederalist rhetoric or political tactics? The what, where, who, when and why of Juncker’s call for a commonEuropean army European Policy Centre (EPC), March 12, 2015
Does the EU need its own army? Carnegie Europe, March 11, 2015
The illusion of an independent EU army Carnegie Europe, March 10, 2015
If not now, when? The Nordic EU battle-groupEuropean Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS), February 17, 2015
The EU and the UN: together for peaceEuropean Union Institute for Security Studies, December 18, 2014
Europe’s global power potential: locked in the EU28’s defence silos Friends of Europe, December 4, 2014
2014: a centenary and a discovery Egmont, December 2014
AnalysesThe EU neighbourhood in shambles Bertelsmann Stiftung, March 3, 2015
More Union in European defence Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), February 26, 2015
European Defence Trends Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), January 6, 2015
Report: EU as a security provider Clingendael, December 18, 2014
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Why Europe must stop outsourcing its securityEuropean Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), December 15, 2014
Peacemaking: Can the EU meet expectations? Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, December, 2014
Europe’s changing security landscape: What role will the EU play in security and defence?Finnish Institute of International Affairs, December 12, 2014
Actors in the European defence policy area: roles and developmentsIstituto Affari Internazionali, November 24, 2014
Constructing the defence dimension of the EUInternational Security Information Service Europe, June, 2014
Security and defence: an issue for the European citizen?Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), March, 2014
Livre blanc français de la défense 2013 : lignes de forces autour de la sécurité-défense européenneL’Institut royal supérieur de défense, December, 2013
Why do Europeans need armed forces? Fride, November, 2013
Related publicationsWhy peacekeeping matters to Europe Friends of Europe, March 11, 2015
The Wales pledge revisited: A preliminary analysis of 2015 budget decisions in NATO member statesEuropean Leadership Network, February, 2015
In the belly of the beast: A European view on sending arms to UkraineBrookings Institution, February 4, 2015
Challenges for European Foreign Policy in 2015: How others deal with disorder Fride, January 12, 2015
A new European security order: The Ukraine crisis and the missing post-Cold War bargainFondation pour la Recherche Strategique, December 8, 2014
Integrating EU defence and migration policies in the Mediterranean Fride, November, 2014
EP publicationThe Cost of Non-Europe in Common Security and Defence PolicyEuropean Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), European Added Value Unit, June 2013
