Essays about: "PESCO"

Found 4 essays containing the word PESCO.

  1. 1. THE FRENCH SECURITY AND DEFENCE ISSUE How does strategic culture help explain French views on common security and defence cooperation’s?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Annahita Ahmadi Daghdar; [2021-09-15]
    Keywords : Strategic culture; France; French strategic culture; French Security and defence; Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore how the theory of strategic culture could provide a better understanding of France’s views on common security and defence cooperation, as well as gain better insight as to how it might explain the specific actions of France, with a focus on PeSCo and EI2. Previous research shows that the French had shifted their views on military cooperation in the last decade and simultaneously the types of threats against Europe had also changed during that time. READ MORE

  2. 2. A TRANSATLANTIC DIVORCE AND THE TIME FOR EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNTY? - A study on how US foreign policy, during 2010-2020, impacted EU member state views on defence integration

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Strandquist; [2021-06-28]
    Keywords : European Defence Integration; Transatlantic relationship; PESCO; France; Poland; Ireland; EU actorness;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of US foreign policy, during 2010-2020, on EU member state willingness to integrate defence, by utilizing a mixed-method approach. The objective of the study is to investigate how EU member states reacted to the Obama administration’s ‘pivot to Asia’ and the election and presidency of Donald Trump and whether those administrations contributed to further defence integration. READ MORE

  3. 3. Why Is European Union Defence Integration Difficult To Achieve?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ocean Marambanyika; [2018-06-29]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis utilises the inter-governmentalism theory and the content analysis method to critically analyse the reasons why defence integration is difficult in the EU. The main primary empirical source for this thesis is the 2017 EU Council decision establishing the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). READ MORE

  4. 4. PESCO: A New Era in EU’s Security Rhetoric?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Nathalie Simin; [2018]
    Keywords : PESCO; EU; Security; Permanent Structured Cooperation; NATO; European Council; EU security; EU-US security relationship; Paradigm;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to uncover what has changed in the EU security field that caused the EU to decide that their new military treaty, PESCO, should be the first treaty that excludes NATO from its constitution. The purpose for this aim is to understand if a paradigm shift has occurred in EU’s security rhetoric in order to understand the general picture of the EU security research field on the day PESCO was officially welcomed. READ MORE