Characterizing the European Union’s Strategic Culture: An Analytical Framework

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Series Details Vol.49, No.6, November 2011, p1227-1248
Publication Date November 2011
ISSN 0021-9886
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Abstract: This article does not question whether the EU has a strategic culture, but rather asks how one can investigate its nature. It creates and utilizes an analytical framework to demonstrate that the European Union's strategic culture is based on an extended concept of security and on a comprehensive, multilateral and internationally legitimated approach to threats, implying the use of military and civilian instruments in an integrated manner on over 20 common security and defence policy (CSDP) operations. It suggests that the analytical framework can also act as a stable reference point to compare and contrast the strategic cultures of a range of actors.

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