The Evolution of the Common Security and Defence Policy: Critical Junctures and the Quest for EU Strategic Autonomy

By Marilena Koppa

1. Introduction

Part I: Theoretical framework

2. Historical institutionalism and the limits of neofunctionalism

3. Continuity and change: critical junctures as game changers

4. Global Europe, the European Global Strategy and the quest for a European Strategic culture

5. EU institutions as agents of change.

Part II: Critical junctures and the evolution of CSDP

6. The Yugoslav Wars

7. The Iraq war in 2003

8. Ukraine- Brexit- Trump administration

9. The migration crisis of 2015

Part III: The quest for "Strategic Autonomy"

10. The EU's Holy Grail: Strategic autonomy and the objective of a European Security Union

11. Over-institutionalization and the capability deficit

12. Conclusion: A Look into the future of CSDP

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030991571
• ISBN13: 9783030991579
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"