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While the European Security and Defence Policy has been successfully established, limitations currently prevent it from becoming an effective crisis manager: conscription in many countries; no strategic lift; obsolete equipment; and most countries without networked-enabled capabilities. Unless European countries provide funds to increase defense spending, they will have to specialize within a top-down framework and cooperate with NATO and plug in to U.S.-interoperable C4ISR capabilities.

Despite some progress made, this report explores the Limitations of the European Security and Defence Policy, including the practice of conscription in some countries, lack of strategic lift, obsolete equipment, and low levels of defense spending requiring Europe to specialize within a top-down framework. France and the United Kingdom have introduced networked-enabled capabilities; NATO will need to plug in to US-interoperable C4ISR capabilities and Battle Groups; and the NATO Response Force must be congruent.

Publicly, the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) tends to be associated with the creation of a military component of the EU. Yet the first operation within the framework of the ESDP is being executed using exclusively civilian means - through the European Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia-Herzegovina since January 2003. On 31 March 2003, the EU took over the military mission Allied Harmony (now called Concordia) in Macedonia, and from 2004 on, this could also be the case with SFOR. With the ESDP, Europe has set itself the goal of 'a balanced parallel development of military and civilian capabilities,' in order to bolster Europe's influence in international crisis management. Meanwhile, the civilian component of the ESDP is not just less wellknown, but so far, it is also significantly underdeveloped. The European police force may represent a beginning, but further non-military instruments must also be deployable if a broad civilian-military approach is to become a trademark of future EU security policy. (SWP Comments / SWP)

The Swedish Presidency of the EU has been promoting the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) during its six months at the centre of European politics. The ongoing Swedish Presidency has presented a number of ESDP issues on which it would like to maintain momentum. Its ESDP priorities cover areas like capability development, increased coherence between crisis management instruments, ongoing operations, European armament cooperation and EU relations with other international organisations such as NATO and the UN. Of these areas, three key issues are characteristic for ESDP priorities, namely usability, capability and operations.The Swedish Presidency has primarily focused on improving existing ESDP instruments and structures rather than creating new ones. In line with its overall approach to the EU, and the Presidency in particular, Sweden seems to prize efficiency and usability rather than providing a more visionary leadership in the area of ESDP. These issues faithfully reflect Sweden's practical approach to the EU and crisis management: ESDP is an instrument that needs to be developed and used.

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"Die einzige realistische Perspektive für eine Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsstrategie der EU ist eine in den Rahmen der NATO eingebettete ESVP. Eine gegen die USA gerichtete europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsidentität hat keine Zukunft und widerspricht den langfristigen europäischen Sicherheitsinteressen in einer globalisierten Welt." (Autorenreferat)