Operations

EU-Links
Documents
Links
Literature

EU-Links

Council - ESDP Operations
On this page the Council provides an overview of ongoing, future and completed ESDP operations.
EEAS - Financing of ESDP/CSDP Operations
The Council of the EU set up the ATHENA mechanism to administer the financing of common costs of military/defence operations.

Documents

DIIS Brief: The decision-making process behind launching an ESDP Crisis Management operation

Links

Chart of CSDP and EU Missions
Overviews and maps of all missions to date (by CSDP Map).

Literature

Faria, F. (2004) 'Crisis management in sub-Saharan Africa. The role of the European Union', EU Institute for Security Studies - Occasional Papers, 51.
Merlingen, M. & Ostrauskaite, R. (2008) European Union Peacebuilding and Policing: Governance and the European Security and Defence Policy. London: Routledge.
Asseburg, M. & Kempin, R (Eds) (2009) The EU as Strategic Actor in the Realm of Security and Defense. A systematic Assessment of ESDP Missions and Operations. SWP Research Paper 14 (http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/common/get_document.php?asset_id=6631)
Martin, M. & Kaldor, M. (Eds.) (2009) The European Union and Human Security. External interventions and missions. Oxon: Routledge.
Attina, Fulvio, and Daniela Irrera, (eds.) (2010) Multilateral security and ESDP operations. Hampshire: Ashgate.

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