A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’

The Sahel has become primordial for European interests. Up to three different strategies (2011, 2015 and 2021) have been drawn up by the EU to underpin the mechanisms and instruments needed to intervene in a region that is increasingly perceived as a security problem. The political volatility and th...

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Autores: Mateos, Oscar, Renteria, Javier, Torrella Llauger, Lluc
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Política
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spelling A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’Mateos, OscarRenteria, JavierTorrella Llauger, LlucSahelUnió EuropeaMilitarismePolítica32The Sahel has become primordial for European interests. Up to three different strategies (2011, 2015 and 2021) have been drawn up by the EU to underpin the mechanisms and instruments needed to intervene in a region that is increasingly perceived as a security problem. The political volatility and the level of violence, the concern about migratory flows through the region, and the growing impact of the climate crisis on the deterioration of food security and the living conditions of the local population are factors that have placed the Sahel at the centre of the EU's agenda. This report undertakes a strategic review of the strategies of the EU for the Sahel from a critical perspective that highlights the broadly securitized framework that hasinfluenced them. Finally, the report provides a rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel based on the production of critical knowledge as a starting point, the need to redefine core issues that have informed EU policies, and the development of “transformative pragmatism” as a guiding principle for future action.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionFacultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna - URLUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna2024info:eu-repo/semantics/report81 p.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/4088reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglés© L'autor/aAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/40882026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
title A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
spellingShingle A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
Mateos, Oscar
Sahel
Unió Europea
Militarisme
Política
32
title_short A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
title_full A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
title_fullStr A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
title_full_unstemmed A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
title_sort A rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel: from problematic policy-making to a new ‘transformative pragmatism’
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mateos, Oscar
Renteria, Javier
Torrella Llauger, Lluc
author Mateos, Oscar
author_facet Mateos, Oscar
Renteria, Javier
Torrella Llauger, Lluc
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Torrella Llauger, Lluc
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sahel
Unió Europea
Militarisme
Política
32
topic Sahel
Unió Europea
Militarisme
Política
32
description The Sahel has become primordial for European interests. Up to three different strategies (2011, 2015 and 2021) have been drawn up by the EU to underpin the mechanisms and instruments needed to intervene in a region that is increasingly perceived as a security problem. The political volatility and the level of violence, the concern about migratory flows through the region, and the growing impact of the climate crisis on the deterioration of food security and the living conditions of the local population are factors that have placed the Sahel at the centre of the EU's agenda. This report undertakes a strategic review of the strategies of the EU for the Sahel from a critical perspective that highlights the broadly securitized framework that hasinfluenced them. Finally, the report provides a rethink of the EU’s strategy in the Sahel based on the production of critical knowledge as a starting point, the need to redefine core issues that have informed EU policies, and the development of “transformative pragmatism” as a guiding principle for future action.
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