This edited collection is a timely and in-depth analysis of the EU’s efforts to bring coherency and strategy to its security policy actions. Despite a special

This volume addresses how and in what capacity the European Union and its member states are able to respond to fundamental shifts occurring in global politics a

This book examines the degree to which the European Union has responded as a coherent and strategic actor towards the developmental and security needs of its im

The European Security Strategy (ESS) has become an important reference framework for the EU since its inception in 2003. Without strategy an actor can only real

This book provides a detailed analysis of the policy-making processes of EU strategies in foreign and security policy and external action. It uses the European