Bulletin n. 3/2014
February 2015
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Francisco de Borja Lasheras
    The times are changing: resetting CSDP and European Defence
    in Cuadernos europeos de Deusto , n. 50 ,  2014 ,  77-103
    The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has not brought about the step change in European Defence hoped for by some of its proponents. It could not, given the EU’s very nature and the different security ambitions and priorities of Member States. It has a purpose, though, as a crisis management tool for soft security tasks, mostly through civilian missions. It can sometimes embody European solidarity for actions led by coalitions of willing Member States, most recently, in Sahel. Overall, Europe faces a strategic momentum, not least with the US pivoting towards Asia and core European players re-shifting policy priorities. The old goal of a fully autonomous European Defence will not come to pass anytime soon, as Europe’s defence crunch threatens to jeopardize even minimal goals of limited strategic autonomy. The way forward is a more flexible and realistic approach, emphasizing coherence between the different cooperation frameworks in Europe.
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