CSDP Structures
EU-Links
This page provides basic information on the Political and Security Committee, the European Union Military Committee and the European Union Military Staff and it also gives links to the decisions setting up these structures. Via the right sidebar you can navigate to the pages of the different structures and agencies (like the EDA, the EUISS and the EU satellite center).
ATHENA
was set up by the Council on 1 March 2004 to
administer the financing of common costs of EU operations having
military or defence implications. Here you can find information on it's organisation, operations, etc. using the left sidebar.Here you can find links to basic information on the co-operation between the EU and NATO (including Berlin+).
Links
This is a very complete site on CSDP. There is an overview of all the EU CSDP missions and of all the countries where the EU is active. You can also take a look at the EU structure where you can find who the most important actors are in the field of CSDP, development aid, CFSP, etc... You can also find information on more thematical issues like human rights, Piracy, EU-NATO, Crisis management, etc...
Literature
Howorth, J. (2007) Security and Defence Policy in the European Union. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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