CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Stavrevska, Elena |
|---|---|
| Title | EU Intelligence-Sharing: The British Quid Pro Quo? |
| Summary | European cooperation in security and defence has been significantly strengthened over the past ten years. Parallel to it, the EU cooperation in intelligence remains relatively undeveloped, and is likely to be a major obstacle for further development of the ESDP. Examining the possible explanations of this backwardness, NATO proves not to be a structure through which European intelligence-sharing could be organised, but neither does the EU without the support of the UK. This thesis explores the factors that determine the British preferences not to support EU intelligence-sharing. The main argument is that it is not rational for the UK to engage in such cooperation, as the costs outweigh the benefits, both analysed through the prism of scope of intelligence investments and usable capabilities. With the UK having high intelligence budget and access to sophisticated capabilities, notably through its partnership with the US, an analysis of possible EU intelligence cooperation shows that the costs are greater than the gains. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/stavrevska_elena.pdf |
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