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1. Haunted by the use of military force -- 2. The approach of this book -- 3. The CSDP in the light of myths -- 4. The use of military force in CSDP key policy statements -- 5. Use of military force in CSDP operations -- 6. Use of military force as it appears in the unofficial debate on CSDP -- 7. In search of credibility.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- 1 Haunted by the use of military force -- The necessity of force -- Notes on the research approach -- Why this matters -- Outline of the volume -- 2 The approach of this book -- Starting points of inquiry -- On discourse analysis -- Questions of research strategy -- Reference literature -- The study of the CSDP military dimension -- The study of the EU strategic culture -- Perspective on killing -- Traditional approaches to war in international relations -- The promise of post-positivism

Abstract. Since the late 1990s, we have witnessed a substantial expansion in the European Union's crisis management efforts. Less attention, however, has been given to the way in which the involvement in EU crisis management affects the roles and missions of the participating soldiers. This article seeks to address this issue by proposing that as a consequence of the increased crisis management efforts, a specific military ethos is about to emerge in the EU. The ethos can be characterized with three cornerstone commands: 'Pretend to be warlike but don't fight'; 'Master civilian skills'; and 'Redefine your patriotism'. It will be suggested that, its added value in crisis management notwithstanding, the emerging military ethos does not address the initial aims of the ESDP. Rather, it constitutes a strategic handicap to the Union's external capabilities.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: On Burden-Sharing -- Chapter 3: Burden-Sharing During the Cold War -- Chapter 4: Burden-Sharing in the Post-Cold War Era -- Chapter 5: The Changing Landscape of Burden-Sharing During since 2014 -- Chapter 6: Historical Dynamics of Burden-Sharing -- Chapter 7: Reflections on the Future Prospects of Burden-Sharing Disputes.

One of the key themes in recent discussions about the EU's foreign and security policy has been the question of Europeanization. This article seeks to contribute to this field of research by investigating the way in which a single EU military crisis management operation, the EUFOR Chad/CAR, has been perceived and debated on a national parliamentary arena in two member states, Sweden and Finland. The results suggest that a marked discontinuity prevailed between these nations' policies in the context of the CSDP/ESDP and the discourse on CSDP/ESDP in the respective parliaments. While highlighting the need to pay more attention to the domestic dimension of Europeanization, these findings also call into question some of the basic premises of the discussion on Europeanization.

This paper employs bibliometric methods to map the structure of conflict research. Citation information is restructured by means of cluster and network analyses for the purpose of identifying the different discourses and fields contributing to conflict research. The data are derived from more than 1,300 articles published in 40 high-quality journals between 2000 and 2006. Four main discourses are identified within the field, and it is concluded that Democratic Peace Theory constitutes a powerful discursive core of contemporary conflict research, affecting most other discourses as well. It is suggested that instead of systemic foci, contemporary conflict research is dominated by the investigation of dyadic forms of interaction and that, somewhat surprisingly, the substantive focus of the most frequently cited research has remained on interstate war. The study intends to help researchers to be sensitive to gaps and focal points in contemporary research, and promote further discussion about the current state of the field. Applied approach provides academics, students, and practitioners with a usable and transparent procedure for structuring discourses and communicating about them further. Adapted from the source document.