This article presents an introduction to the special volume, titled The European Union (EU)
and the Security Sector Reform Practices: Challenges of Implementation, by framing the …

This book analyses the present European Union (EU) approach to state-building, both in
policy and operation. It offers a review of the literature on peace-building, EU state-building …

Combining the literature on sovereignty and Europeanisation, this article investigates the
engagement and impact of the European Union (EU) on contested states (states lacking …

Abstract Since the Oslo Accords came into force in 1993, the European Union (EU) and its
individual member-states have invested billions of Euros, with a view to establishing the …

Security sector reform (SSR) has never been undebatable mostly because of the lack of
local ownership. The burgeoning literature on 'infrastructures for peace'also stresses to …

Perception research can make a valuable contribution to the study of the local dimension in
EU peacebuilding. The conceptual framework developed in this article distinguishes …

" There is a gap in IR and EU scholarship concerning unintended consequences in an
international context, leaving this important phenomenon understudied. To fill this gap, a …

This article makes a contribution to the little explored issue of evaluating the effectiveness of
the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Drawing on the interviews with local …

This book examines lobbying in EU foreign policy-making and the activities of non-state
actors (NSAs), focusing on EU foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It sheds light …

This article investigates the rules and practices pertaining to visa regimes and the crossing
of borders across the E uropean U nion, I srael and the P alestinian territories. Their …