Katarina Engberg – författare

This book is a comparative study which aims to answer the question: under what circumstances does the EU undertake military operations?

Since 2003, the EU has carried out six military operations. What accounts for this historic development? The EU and Military Operations examines the dynamics behind the EU´s collective use of force and situates the EU in the context of a global division of labour with regard to military crisis management. It centres on the study of two main cases of EU military operations: the non-case when an operation was planned in the Lebanon war 2006 but did not occur, and the positive case of EUFOR RD Congo that same year.

Drawing upon these findings, the author creates an innovative analytical framework based upon the techniques of defence planning, and applies this to the cases studies with the purpose of identifying the main driving and inhibiting factors behind the operations. Key findings derived from this analysis include the growing importance of local actors in facilitating or impeding the EU´s deployment of military force and the enhanced role of regional organisations as security providers.

The book will be of much interest to students of European security, EU politics, strategic studies, humanitarian intervention, security studies and IR in general.

This book is a comparative study which aims to answer the question: under what circumstances does the EU undertake military operations?

Since 2003, the EU has carried out six military operations. What accounts for this historic development? The EU and Military Operations examines the dynamics behind the EU´s collective use of force and situates the EU in the context of a global division of labour with regard to military crisis management. It centres on the study of two main cases of EU military operations: the non-case when an operation was planned in the Lebanon war 2006 but did not occur, and the positive case of EUFOR RD Congo that same year.

Drawing upon these findings, the author creates an innovative analytical framework based upon the techniques of defence planning, and applies this to the cases studies with the purpose of identifying the main driving and inhibiting factors behind the operations. Key findings derived from this analysis include the growing importance of local actors in facilitating or impeding the EU´s deployment of military force and the enhanced role of regional organisations as security providers.

The book will be of much interest to students of European security, EU politics, strategic studies, humanitarian intervention, security studies and IR in general.

Säkerhetspolitiskt har EU fått en allt större betydelse och unionen spelar en avgörande roll för produktivitet, tekniska framsteg och jobbskapande. För den fragmenterade globala handelspolitiken framstår den inre marknaden som en räddning samtidigt som unionens ambitiösa reglering riskerar att påverka europeiska företags konkurrenskraft negativt. Såväl den geopolitiska världsordningen som högerpopulistiska framgångar ökar trycket på Europas demokratier, rättsstatsprincip och liberala värden. I denna utgåva av Europaperspektiv sätter vi sökarljuset på vikten av sammanhållning och slagkraft i EU för att möta de geopolitiska utmaningarna.

Ett antal centrala frågor diskuteras: Hur kan samsyn uppnås om verkställandet av den militära upprustningen i Europa och om säkerheten i dess närområde? Kan EU verka slagkraftigt för att rättsstaten upprätthålls i medlemsländerna? Kan en gemensam kapitalförsörjning och en mer sammanhållen företagsbeskattning öka unionens ekonomiska slagkraft?