European Strategic Autonomy – chances and challenges for Europe
Název práce v češtině: | Strategická autonomie EU - šnace a výzvy pro Evropu |
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Název v anglickém jazyce: | European Strategic Autonomy – chances and challenges for Europe |
Klíčová slova: | strategie, EU, SBOP, bezpečnost, obrana, zahraniční vztahy, |
Klíčová slova anglicky: | European Strategic Autonomy, Common Foreign and Security Policy, Permanent Structured Cooperation, European Security Council, Transatlantic Alliance, EU Global Strategy |
Akademický rok vypsání: | 2017/2018 |
Typ práce: | diplomová práce |
Jazyk práce: | angličtina |
Ústav: | Katedra německých a rakouských studií (23-KNRS) |
Vedoucí / školitel: | doc. JUDr. Vladimír Handl, CSc. |
Řešitel: | skrytý![]() |
Datum přihlášení: | 14.06.2018 |
Datum zadání: | 16.07.2020 |
Datum a čas obhajoby: | 15.09.2020 00:00 |
Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: | 01.08.2020 |
Datum proběhlé obhajoby: | 15.09.2020 |
Oponenti: | doc. Martin Riegl, Ph.D. |
Kontrola URKUND: | ![]() |
Zásady pro vypracování |
The thesis will focus on the following general research question: Is European Strategic
Autonomy (ESA) a suitable and complementary concept to restructure the security architecture of the EU? In this context, does PESCO have the potential to contribute to real strategic autonomy in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)? The European Union faced numerous challenges in the past that revealed its limited ability to respond appropriately to foreign policy threats. Particularly the Crimea crisis (2014), and the refugee crisis (2015) have disclosed the institutional weaknesses and the different interests within the EU member states that paralyzed the EU’s capacity to act efficiently: Additionally, the Brexit and the Euroscepticism of the Trump Administration who has questioned the usefulness of NATO have brought new life to considerations and discussions of how EU’s prospective security architecture should look like. In this context, the term “European Strategic Autonomy” has been revived in scientific papers and political debates without being clearly defined. In fact, it seems that Strategic Autonomy and its (deliberate) vague interpretation causes confusion and irritation not only among the EU member states but also outside the EU, particularly in the US. However, several steps towards “European Strategic Autonomy” have been already undertaken” in the framework of the CFSP. Scholars and political experts agree that more cohesion and flexibility is indispensable to avoid the European Union being paralyzed in future global affairs. With PESCO, established in late 2017, the EU has already initiated several projects where participation is voluntary. But at the same time, it may foster a Europe consisting of different blocks (multi-speed Europe), which raises the peril of a Europe being The expected title of your thesis:European Strategic Autonomy – chances and challenges for Europe torn away. In this context, the dynamic of differentiated integration and the level of ambition in the area of security and defense policy (PESCO) will be analyzed based on the EU Global Strategy (EUGS) published in 2016. Three case studies will focus on German, French and Czech approaches to European Strategic Autonomy. The foundation of sources will be EU and government documents and policy papers from institutions specialized on European affairs as well as academic literature, expert interviews and analysis, political magazines (such as Spiegel) and media outlets (such as www.tagessschau.de). The methodology will include a (comparative) case study analysis, where the political discourse, developments and implementation measures will be subject to critical scrutiny. |
Seznam odborné literatury |
Bendiek, Annegret / Kempin, Ronja / von Ondarz, Nicolai: Mehrheitsentscheidungen und Flexibilisieurung in der GASP, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP-Aktuell), 2018
Barbara Lippert; Nicolai von Ondarza; Volker Perthes (eds): European Strategic Autonomy: Actors, Issues, Conflicts & Interests, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik; Research paper; 2019 Jordan Becker, Edmund Malesky: The continent of the “Grand Large”? Strategic culture and operational burden-sharing in NATO, International Studies Quarterly (2017) 61, p. 163-180, Hans-Peter Bartels; Anna Maria Kellner; Uwe Optenhögel: Strategic Autonomy and the Defence of Europe; On the road to an European Army?, Dietz-Verlag, 2017, Hloušek, Vit et al.: Šance zpola využitá: Česká republika a strategie Evropa 2020, Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, Masarykova univerzita, Brno, 2015 Claudia Major; Pauli Järvenpää; Sven Sakkov: European Strategic Autonomy: Operationalising a Buzzword, International Centre for Defence and Security; 2019; Jolyon Howorth: Strategic autonomy and EU NATO-Cooperation: squaring the circle, security policy brief No. 85; 2017; |
Předběžná náplň práce |
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical background a. Atlanticism b. Europeanism c. St. Malo 3. The CFSP after St. Malo a. The European Security Strategy b. The EU Global Strategy c. PESCO 4. European Strategic Autonomy – contemporary different perspectives a. American perspectives in academia b. Different perceptions within Europe 5. European Strategic autonomy – level of ambition a. Operational capabilities b. Political willingness 6. Case studies 7. Conclusions |
Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce |
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical background a. Atlanticism b. Europeanism c. St. Malo 3. The CFSP after St. Malo a. The European Security Strategy b. The EU Global Strategy c. PESCO 4. European Strategic Autonomy – contemporary different perspectives a. American perspectives in academia b. Different perceptions within Europe 5. European Strategic autonomy – level of ambition a. Operational capabilities b. Political willingness 6. Case studies 7. Conclusions 8. References / Bibliography 7) Conclusions |