(Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence

Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine brought back the debate about the European Union’s strategic autonomy ambitions in security and defence. The notion had slipped off the EU’s radar following the post-2016 thematic shift in strategic autonomy discussions to global economic interdependen...

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Autores: Michaels, Eva, Sus, Monika
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
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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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2024.2376603
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Palabra clave:European strategic autonomy
NATO
Russian war in Ukraine
Common security and defence
Strategic compass
European Union global strategy
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spelling (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defenceMichaels, EvaSus, MonikaEuropean strategic autonomyNATORussian war in UkraineCommon security and defenceStrategic compassEuropean Union global strategyRussia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine brought back the debate about the European Union’s strategic autonomy ambitions in security and defence. The notion had slipped off the EU’s radar following the post-2016 thematic shift in strategic autonomy discussions to global economic interdependencies. Our article contributes to an appraisal of the strategic autonomy debate in security and defence since Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, while also tracing the emergence and revival of the concept over the past 25 years. By unpacking the EU’s quest for strategic autonomy as a process of maturation since the late 1990s, we examine the extent to which the EU has grown into an autonomous security and defence actor. We further discuss the implications of maturation for EU security and defence policy. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews with policymakers and foreign policy experts in seven member states, our study brings the underexplored aspect of national acceptability of EU external action to the fore. We show that significant progress has been made regarding both ideational and material aspects of EU security and defence policy. Yet, prevailing differences in underlying national beliefs, perceptions and goals about security and defence continue to hamper the Union’s further maturation.The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [grant number 962533], the National Science Centre [grant number UMO-2018/31/B/HS5/03694] and the Generalitat de Catalunya/AGAUR [grant number 2020 BP00210].Taylor & Francis202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/69889http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2024.2376603reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésEuropean Security. 2024;33(3):383-405info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/962533© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/698892026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence
spellingShingle (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence
Michaels, Eva
European strategic autonomy
NATO
Russian war in Ukraine
Common security and defence
Strategic compass
European Union global strategy
title_short (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence
title_full (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence
title_fullStr (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence
title_full_unstemmed (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence
title_sort (Not) coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Michaels, Eva
Sus, Monika
author Michaels, Eva
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Sus, Monika
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv European strategic autonomy
NATO
Russian war in Ukraine
Common security and defence
Strategic compass
European Union global strategy
topic European strategic autonomy
NATO
Russian war in Ukraine
Common security and defence
Strategic compass
European Union global strategy
description Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine brought back the debate about the European Union’s strategic autonomy ambitions in security and defence. The notion had slipped off the EU’s radar following the post-2016 thematic shift in strategic autonomy discussions to global economic interdependencies. Our article contributes to an appraisal of the strategic autonomy debate in security and defence since Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, while also tracing the emergence and revival of the concept over the past 25 years. By unpacking the EU’s quest for strategic autonomy as a process of maturation since the late 1990s, we examine the extent to which the EU has grown into an autonomous security and defence actor. We further discuss the implications of maturation for EU security and defence policy. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews with policymakers and foreign policy experts in seven member states, our study brings the underexplored aspect of national acceptability of EU external action to the fore. We show that significant progress has been made regarding both ideational and material aspects of EU security and defence policy. Yet, prevailing differences in underlying national beliefs, perceptions and goals about security and defence continue to hamper the Union’s further maturation.
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