CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Csernatoni, Raluca Oana |
|---|---|
| Title | Constructing the defence dimension of the common European Security and Defence Policy: an assessment of the European Defence Agency's institutional role |
| Summary | Over the last decade, the European Union’s (EU) major military powers, under the umbrella of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), have increasingly collaborated to build a more integrated, technologically and economically superior defence industry. By resorting to the theoretical lenses of Historical Institutionalism and Rational Choice Institutionalism, the central researchable problematic of this thesis is to explore the creation and significance of the European Defence Agency (EDA) and its influence in streamlining genuine European defence equipment collaboration among EU’s member states (MSs). This thesis argues that consensus is developing within the EU milieu, but one must look to the new policy developments and structures for decision-making such as EDA and observe whether such institutional developments are considered capable of bringing about convergence in the strategic thinking of EU MSs and lay the grounds for a European “common” defence policy. Nevertheless, one should remain sceptical and continue to examine EDA’s work and assess its achievements: i.e. congregating member states’ strategic needs, rationalizing and creating a truly liberalized European defence market, revitalizing a dying European defence industrial base, and encouraging MSs to spend more on defence. |
| Supervisor | Michael, Merlingen |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/csernatoni_raluca.pdf |
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