Strategic Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?

Strategic Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?

EU

CSDP

PESCO

Interview

Russia

Middle-East

Security

Poland

Germany

France

The increasing number and severity of security crises around the European periphery have called into question the preparedness and capability of European states. Civil wars, mass migration, unstable institutions, and direct kinetic conflict are features of a degrading security order in which European states must provide a strategic response. One such response has seen the European Union (EU) become increasingly involved in security issues, namely the defence industry. Programs such as the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) are now enabling Member States to organize civil-military responses to crises and coordinate the defence-planning cycles of 25 European countries through the EU. This article examines why Member States have begun to use the EU to develop military capabilities and assets at scale. Furthermore, it investigates the role of differentiation in enabling these developments and how both individual geopolitical and economic factors contribute to this collective institutional development.

Havel, Sean

Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies; Vol. 15 No. 2 (2022): Fall 2022; 25-54

2562-8429

10.22215/cjers.v15i2

Centre for European Studies, Carleton University

2022-12-23

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