EU Security and Defense: The Return of Hard Power

Abstract

This panel explores the EU's evolving approach to security and defense in response to the return of naval warfare to Europe's strategic periphery and shifting global power dynamics. Papers trace the development of EU maritime security strategy from 2000 to 2025, analyze how joint acquisition mechanisms serve as catalysts for defense integration by shifting from intergovernmental hesitation to supranational momentum, investigate the European External Action Service's role in enhancing coherence in the external dimension of EU counterterrorism policy, and examine how domestic governance ecosystems shape demand for European defense integration in the context of calls for re-armament.

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The Making of a Strategy: The European Union and Maritime Security, 2000-2025.	View Paper Details
Joint Acquisition as a Catalyst in EU Defence Policy: From Intergovernmental Hesitation to Supranational Momentum	View Paper Details
Quest for Coherence: European External Action Service’s Role in the External Dimension of EU Counterterrorism Policy	View Paper Details
Rearming Europe: Domestic Governance Ecosystems and the Demand for European Defence Integration	View Paper Details