The EU Battlegroups (EUBGs) – a successful story or a paper tiger?

• Authors: Beatrica Šmaguc
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

After decades of reliance upon NATO in security matters, the EU ought to develop security assets of its own in order to protect its interests and citizens. The Common Foreign and Security Policy as an expression of EU readiness and willingness to play a more significant role in security matters on the international stage led to the creation of the European Security and Defence Policy, thus putting at the EU’s disposal civilian and military capabilities for dealing with the crisis spots around the world. The EUBG concept originated with the first member states’ pledges in November 2004 which gave added value to the EU in the security and defence area, at least on paper, while so far no EUBG has been deployed in the theatre of operations.

Keywords

EN

EU Battlegroups (EUBGs); rapid response; ATHENA mechanism; Berlin Plus agreement; EU decision-making process

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Croatian International Relations Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 68
• Pages: 106-127

Dates

published

2013-07-01

online

2013-10-08

Contributors

author

Beatrica Šmaguc

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/cirr-2013-0005