In-depth analysis of EU CSDP Missions and Operations

This policy brief provides an overview of what the EU has done through its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations since 2003 until 2020, and which achievements and challenges it faces.

It evaluates how the overall political context and the EU’s approach have evolved over time, and how this has affected the launch and implementation of CSDP actions. It looks at a range of criteria for evaluating the success of missions and operations such as effectiveness, degree of match between mission launch and EU interests at stake, responsiveness, coherence with wider policy strategies, coherence with values and norms, and degree of democratic scrutiny and oversight.

Likewise, it assesses some of the achievements as well as shortcomings of previous and ongoing missions and operations against these objectives.

The brief identifies three underlying and cross-cutting problems hampering performance:

(i) incompatible attitudes among Member States towards the use of force;
(ii) resource disincentives and barriers to timely European solidarity;
(iii) and gaps between early warning and early action.

It outlines some selected initiatives launched and options discussed to address these shortcomings and improve the EU’s performance in crisis management operations.

You can download the file from here.

Source: europarl.europa.eu