CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Asenov, Rosen Grozdanov |
|---|---|
| Title | EXPLAINING THE SUPPORT FOR CSDP MILITARY MISSIONS: THE CASE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GERMANY |
| Summary | The present thesis aims to explain the reasons which drove the United Kingdom and Germany to provide support for the European Union’s military missions under the framework of the Common Foreign and security Policy CFSP) up to date. The paper applies the theory of Europeanization and Realism theory in order to explain the reasons which determined UK’s and Germany’s support for the CFSP military missions. The thesis is based on the analysis of UK’s and Germany’s White papers on Defense; statesmanship’s speeches; expeditionary warfare capabilities; strategic ties with third states, bilateral political and economic relations, geographic proximity and unilaterally provided aid in regard to the areas where the CSDP military operations were launched. The thesis argues that Europeanization can play a considerable role in the member state’s decision to support a given EU military mission. The thesis reaches to the conclusion that due to its greater level of Europeanization, Germany supported CSDP missions, whose objectives did not converge with the country’s geo-geo-strategic interests, whereas the UK’s support for the Union’s military missions is best explained by its geopolitical and geo-economical interests in the regions where the CSDP military operations took place. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/asenov_rosen.pdf |
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