The Limits of the EU as a Peace and Security Actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Grenzen der EU bei der Schaffung von Frieden und Sicherheit in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo

The Limits of the EU as a Peace and Security Actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Grenzen der EU bei der Schaffung von Frieden und Sicherheit in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo

The European Union (EU) is increasingly aspiring to be a global peace and security actor. Using the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a test case to analyse such ambitions, this article reveals that the EU’s attempts to build peace and security are severely compromised by its bureaucratic an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meike Froitzheim, Fredrik Söderbaum, Ian Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
Subjects:
political science, European studies, peace studies
Common Foreign and Security Policy (EU), regional international conflicts, peacekeeping through security policy
320, 327
European Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Central Africa
present
Politische Wissenschaft, Europäische Studien, Friedensforschung
Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (EU), Regionaler internationaler Konflikt, Sicherheitspolitische Friedenssicherung
Europäische Union, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Zentralafrika
Gegenwart
Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/486

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