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Written by Marcin Grajewski
The recent interview by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, in which he advocated ‘a joint EU army’ as a means to strengthen European foreign policy and ‘allow Europe to take on responsibility in the world’ has revived an on-going debate in think-tank and academic circles about how to maximise the effectiveness of existing national and Europe-wide efforts in the field of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The European Council adopted an extensive set of conclusions on the subject in December 2013.
This note highlights a selection of recent studies, reports and commentaries by some of the major international think tanks and research institutes that analyse issues surrounding the development of CSDP.
Commentaries
Federalist rhetoric or political tactics? The what, where, who, when and why of Juncker’s call for a common European 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-group
European Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS), February 17, 2015
The EU and the UN: together for peace
European 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
Analyses
The 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
Why Europe must stop outsourcing its security
European 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 developments
Istituto Affari Internazionali, November 24, 2014
Constructing the defence dimension of the EU
International 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 européenne
L’Institut royal supérieur de défense, December, 2013
Why do Europeans need armed forces? Fride, November, 2013
Related publications
Why peacekeeping matters to Europe Friends of Europe, March 11, 2015
The Wales pledge revisited: A preliminary analysis of 2015 budget decisions in NATO member states
European Leadership Network, February, 2015
In the belly of the beast: A European view on sending arms to Ukraine
Brookings 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 bargain
Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, December 8, 2014
Integrating EU defence and migration policies in the Mediterranean Fride, November, 2014
EP publication
The Cost of Non-Europe in Common Security and Defence Policy
European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), European Added Value Unit, June 2013
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Dear Sir,
in the framework of the debate on CSDP, I am glad to send you a contribution on “The evolution of European Institutions competences in the field of Security and Defence published last June 2015: L’EVOLUZIONE DELLE COMPETENZE DELLE ISTITUZIONI EUROPEE IN MATERIA DI SICUREZZA E DI DIFESA, Forum di quaderni costituzionali rassegna [Risorsa elettronica] : rivista telematica mensile , n. 5/2015, in http://www.forumcostituzionale.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dagostini.pdf
Yours Sincerely
Marco D’Agostini
Chairman of the Board of the Italian NGO
National Association Pier Giorgio Frassati