It is suggested in this article that there is a discrepancy between, on the one hand, literature
that focuses on the European Union (EU) as a security actor and, on the other, contemporary …

The central aim of this article is to discuss the question of how we can understand and
explain the European Union (EU) as a security actor Á in essence, to elaborate on the …

When, under the leadership of President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Tony Blair at
the Franco-British summit held in St. Malo on 4 December 1998, the European Union's two …

EU security governance assesses the effectiveness of the EU as a security actor. The book
has two distinct features. Firstly, it is the first systematic study of the different economic …

The European Union has long been seen as a distinctive or sui generis actor in international
politics, epitomised by the notions of civilian or normative power, or more recently by the …

European leaders frequently vaunt the European Union's distinctiveness in adopting and
pursuing a comprehensive approach to security. The EU's profile as an international actor is …

Security considerations were at the heart of the European project, but the European Union
has started to develop fully-fledged security policies only in recent years. At this stage, the …

European security is a wide and ill-defined concept: it is an aggregation of actors, threats
and policies that is strongly linked with the geographical space that is Europe. European …

In the 20 years since the end of the Cold War, the European Union (EU) has gradually
emerged as an autonomous actor in the field of security, aiming to safeguard European …

ABSTRACT In June 2015 High Representative Mogherini presented her strategic
assessment The European Union in a changing global environment as the express point of …