European Union and the Use of Military Force

Tommi Koivula is a Doctor of Social Sciences (University of Tampere, 2004) and works as a senior researcher at the Department of Warfare, the Finnish National Defence University. His current research areas include the security aspects of European integration and International Relations theory. Previously, he has been a lecturer at the University of Tampere and a visiting researcher at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, in 2001.

'Decisions taken at Helsinki launched the EU's military dimension, and it is worth listening to a Finnish voice on what happened next. In this book, Dr Koivula pulls apart several myths and false debates to focus on the use of military force under the EU Common Security and Defence Policy. What does the EU say (or avoid saying) about this, and what does it actually do? Bearing in mind the traditional idea of using force as a test of effective power in the world, what do the answers tell us more generally about the Union? Using the newest research concepts and techniques, this book offers frank and clear answers to some tangled and (for Europeans) surprisingly sensitive questions.' Alyson J.K. Bailes, University of Iceland, Iceland

• 1: Haunted by the Use of Military Force 2: The Approach of This Book 3: The CSDP in the Light of Myths 4: Use of Military Force in CSDP Key Policy Statements 5: Use of Military Force in CSDP Operations 6: Use of Military Force as It Appears in the Unofficial Debate on CSDP 7: In Search of Credibility