The EU as a security actor in the post-cold war era: A civilian and/or military (strategic) actor in crisis management?

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The objective of this thesis is to analyze whether the EU can be considered as
a ‘limited’ military/strategic actor or as a civilian actor in the Post-Cold War
international security architecture. In this framework, the impacts of the September
11 terrorist attacks and the US-led war in Iraq on the EU crisis management
capabilities areanalyzed more specifically. In this framework, firstly, the historical
dynamics of European foreign and security policy from the Post-World War II period
to the Post-September 11 period are analyzed. Secondly, the EU’s changing role in

the international arena together with its crisis management capability is evaluated.

Thirdly, the EU’s international actorness in the Post-September 11 era is discussed

with a special reference to the US-led war in Iraq. In this general framework,
following a brief analysis on reactions of the US and the EU against global terrorism,

crisis management strategy of the EU during and after US-led war in Iraq is analyzed

in detail. The last part allocated to, a critical analysis of the security actorness of the

EU is made in order to conceptualize it and to draw a more theoretical framework.

Moreover, it is mentioned in this thesis that while having triggering effect on the

CFSP and ESDP, the 9/11 events and the US-led war in Iraq provides the emergence

of new methods for crisis management and the European Security Strategy.

Accordingly, considering the new international security context beginning with the

end of Cold War period and transforming to another dimension by means of

September 11 attacks, the main argument of this thesis is that the EU still tends to be

a civilian actor as it was before and it is envisaged to be so in the foreseeable future

despite its latest attempts to develop its common security and defence policies.

Tuğba Sevinç
The EU as a security actor in the post-cold war era: A civilian and/or military (strategic) actor in crisis management? · 2006 · 182 sayfa.
Danışman: Prof.Dr. Hüseyin Bağcı

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