EU-UN cooperation in military crisis management: The experience of EUFOR RD Congo in 2006

Since its first autonomous military operation in the Congo in 2003, the EU has increased its role in military crisis management around the world. This paper looks at the often disappointing results of EU-UN cooperation, using the example of the EU’s later operation in the Congo in 2006. Analysing the limits and institutional constraints to effective cooperation, the paper presents recommendations that can be enacted at the working level in future collaboration.