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The EU Common Security and Defence Policy

Author: Panos Koutrakos
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199692729
Published In: March 2013
Format: Hardback , 368 pages
Jurisdiction: European Union ? Disclaimer:
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The first full-length overview of the EU's security and defence policy in the post-Lisbon era
Provides a framework for the analysis of the interrelationships between the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy and other EU policies
Examines the economic and practical underpinnings of the EU's security and defence policy
Suitable for teaching use on graduate courses in EU external relations

Presenting the first analytical overview of the legal foundations of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), this book provides a detailed examination of the law and practice of the EU's security policy.

The European Union's security and defence policy has long been the focus of political scientists and international relations experts. However, it has more recently become of increasing relevance to lawyers too. Since the early 2000s, the EU has carried out more than two dozen security and defence missions in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The EU institutions are keen to stress the security dimension of other external policies also, such as development cooperation, and the Lisbon Treaty introduces a more detailed set of rules and procedures which govern the CSDP.

This book provides a legal analysis of the Union's CSDP by examining the nexus of its substantive, institutional, and economic dimensions. Taking as its starting point the historical development of security and defence in the context of European integration, it outlines the legal framework created by the rules and procedures introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. It examines the military operations and civilian missions undertaken by the Union, and looks at the policy context within which they are carried out. It analyses the international agreements concluded in this field and explores the links between the CSDP and other external policies of the Union.

Readership: Academics and post-graduate students in EU law and international law and politics; practitioners working in EU and international law; civil servants within the EU; civil servants in national administrations, including foreign affairs ministries

Introduction
1: The Origins and Evolution of CSDP
2: The Common Security and Defence Policy within the Framework of Common Foreign and Security Policy
3: The Substantive and Institutional Framework of Common Security and Defence Policy
4: The Policy Context of CSDP
5: CSDP Military Missions
6: CSDP Civilian Missions
7: International Agreements
8: Interactions Between CSDP and Other Strands of External Action
9: Practical and Economic Underpinnings of CSDP
10: Conclusions

Panos Koutrakos, Professor of European Union Law, University of Bristol Law School

Panos Koutrakos is the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the University of Bristol. A joint editor of the European Law Review, he is the author or editor of several books including EU International Relations Law and European Foreign Policy: Legal and Political Perspectives.