CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Pósfai, István |
|---|---|
| Title | Embarking on PESCO in 2017: an Investigation of the Link Between National Interests and EU Defence Policy from an Intergovernmentalist Perspective |
| Summary | This thesis addresses the question of why the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as part of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) was launched in December 2017 and not in 2010. The puzzle arises from the fact that the option to develop this new framework was included in the Lisbon Treaty and PESCO was already on the agenda during the implementation of the Treaty in 2010. The study chooses a primarily liberal intergovernmental approach to formulate hypotheses, thus focusing on factors and conditions of domestic politics driving governments to dismiss PESCO in 2010, but support it in 2017. The research explores the potential causal mechanism of PESCO’s emergence as a problem-solving response to increasing negative externalities of insecurity. The research does not support the hypothesis that national preferences would have converged on the substantive scope of defence cooperation, thus increasing the likelihood of the alternative hypothesis of understanding PESCO as an instrument for revitalising integration. Shedding light on the temporality of PESCO is a way to contribute to the broader CSDP literature and improve the understanding of the current trajectory of EU defence policy. |
| Supervisor | Puetter, Uwe |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/posfai_istvan.pdf |
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