Regional Fragmentation and EU Foreign and Security Policy
There is broad academic consensus on the fact that the fragmentation of regions presents a significant challenge for the EU. Fragmentation undermines the authority of central states, the EU’s most natural counterparts, and distributes it amongst a great number of actors – including non-state armed groups. To address fragmentation, the EU should increase coordination between […]
Brief/Identity and Transitional Justice in the Horn of Africa and Libya by Jesutimilehin O. Akamo
In this JOINT Brief, Jesutimilehin O. Akamo, Researcher at the Africa Peace and Security Programme (APSP) of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University, looks at the study cases of the Horn of Africa and Libya to illustrate the nexus between identity and conflict and to prove the effectiveness of mainstreaming […]
Paper/Conceptualising the Multi-Actor Character of EU(rope)’s Foreign Policy by Pernille Rieker and Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske
A new JOINT Paper has been published. NUPI Research Professor Pernielle Rieker and NUPI Junior Research Fellow Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske argue that a conceptual framework building on the literature of differentiated integration may contribute to add multi–actorness in the discourse on EU foreign and security policy.
Brief/Afghanistan, AUKUS and European Strategic Autonomy by Pol Morillas
A new JOINT Brief by Pol Morillas, Director of CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), on the debate on EU’s strategic autonomy, reinvigorated by the latest events in international defence and security. The withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan and the AUKUS deal should be the turning point for the EU to move from intent […]
Afghanistan, AUKUS and European Strategic Autonomy
Security and defence are increasingly grabbing the spotlight in European public debates. In just a few weeks, the withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan and the deal between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) to share nuclear submarine technology and step up their security partnership in the Indo-Pacific have reinvigorated the debate […]
Identity and Transitional Justice in the Horn of Africa and Libya
Identity and conflict shape each other. This is evident in the historical trajectory of the Horn of Africa (HoA) – notably in the conflicts in the Gambella region, between Ethiopia and Eritrea, in Somalia and Tigray – as well as of Libya during and after the long autocratic rule of Muammar Gaddafi.[1] The nexus between […]
Paper/The Internal Contestation of EU Foreign and Security Policy by Marianna Lovato
In this first JOINT Paper, Phd candidate Marianna Lovato reviews how contestation affects EU foreign policy and security, in a context where EU member states have become more polarised on the topic, with some capitals challenging fundamental EU positions and norms.
The Internal Contestation of EU Foreign and Security Policy
A Literature Review of the Implications of Intra-EU Contestation on Crises and Conflicts Abstract: A certain amount of political disagreement and internal debate within the member states has always been part of EU (foreign and security) policy-making. Over the past few years, however, domestic actors have fundamentally challenged, undermined and even reversed established EU norms, […]
Conceptualising the Multi-Actor Character of EU(rope)’s Foreign Policy
While there exists a plethora of theories aiming to make sense of the European Union and its foreign policy, no single existing theory has yet managed to capture the multi-actorness of what can be referred to as “the broader area of EU and European foreign and security policy”. A conceptual framework building on the current […]
The Constraints on the EU Foreign and Security Policy
The development of a cohesive foreign and security policy has always been a tall order for the European Union. The difficulty in sharpening the EU’s profile as a credible international security actor is usually traced to institutional matters. A main problem is the rigidity voting procedures, whereby member states retain veto power in foreign policy […]
Europe in a Complex and Contested World: Perspectives from the US, China, Russia and Iran
Report on the public conference on the margin of JOINT’s kick-off event As part of the kick-off event of the JOINT project, a public conference was held on 30 April 2021 as an online Zoom webinar organised by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), the coordinating institution of the JOINT consortium. The meeting was held virtually […]
Europe’s Naval Engagement in the South China Sea
The EU’s Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific calls for a “meaningful European naval presence in the region”. What does it mean for vested parties in the South China Sea? On 19 April 2021, the Council of the European Union, which convenes the Foreign Affairs ministries from the EU’s 27 member states, reached a consensus […]