Suchergebnisse

This volume presents complementary analyses of the current features, issues and trends of multilateral security and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) peace operations. The work presents an astute interpretation of the attributes of ESDP operations in the context of the diffusion of peace operations practice at the present time. Founded on the detailed examination of different peace operations and the analysis of relevant data, the book allows for the assessment of the near future of peace operations. -- Back cover.

Coelmont, J.: Europe's military ambition. - S. 5-10 Hougardy, P.: Permanent structured cooperation. - S. 11-14 Biscip, S.: Permanent structured cooperation for permanently capable ESDP. - S. 15-18 Algieri, F.: Permantent structured cooperation in the context of the flexibility debate : more intergovernmentalism than integration. - S. 19-22 Perruche, J.-P.: Permanent command and control structures for the EU. - S. 23-26 Hochleitner, E.: Permanent EU command and control structures : a capability deficit to be addressed. - S. 27-32 Brauss, H.: The future of defence planning : a NATO perspective. - S. 33-42 Strickmann, E.: Conference report. - S. 43-53

"Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security preferences"--

The failure of the referenda on the European Constitutional Treaty (ECT) in France and the Netherlands has shown that the political aims of the European heads of state and government do not tally with the desires of the electorate. This has uncovered a crisis in European integration: it currently does not seem possible to proceed with integration in the way envisaged by political decision-makers. The rejection of the ECT could also have an impact on policy areas which citizens want to see become more integrated. This applies to a certain extent to the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), which has enjoyed a very high level of citizen approval since it was introduced in the late 1990s. Is the acceptance of the ECT an essential prerequisite for the further devel-op-ment of the ESDP? What impact might the crisis in European integration have on the ESDP? (SWP-Comments / SWP)