dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Massink, Stefanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Rotmans, Giovanni | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-01T01:02:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-01T01:02:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/45885 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis analyses the European Union’s development of military strategic autonomy since
2013. The Arab Spring, the Russian Annexation of Crimea, the election of Donald Trump as
President of the United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, among others, have changed
the international arena for the EU. The Union realises that it needs to decrease its reliance on
third parties, especially the US, and increase its capabilities for autonomous action. However,
this road has not come without problems. This thesis will analyse official EU documents
supported by secondary literature to answer the following research question: ‘What problems
in the development of military strategic autonomy has the EU encountered with its push for
more military power since 2013?’ Interestingly, the EU has not reduced its reliance on the US,
in contrary it has become increasingly reliant. US troops and weaponry are flooding the
European continent to the despair of France and delight of other EU member states. These
internal disagreements about the meaning of military strategic autonomy and how it should be
pursued have hampered the Unions ability to increase it. In addition, some academics have
highlighted that a normative power like the EU will be unable to develop military power without
damaging its position in the international system. This thesis argues that there is no reason to
conclude this, but more research is needed. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | This thesis focusses on the problem that the EU has encoutered since 2013 regarding the development of its military power. The quest for more autonomy, especcially military strategic autonomy, plays an important part in this. Internal disagreement and reliance are the main problems, but the potential of losing normative power lurks. | |
dc.title | In(ter)dependence or Reliance? The Problems of EU Military Strategic Autonomy since 2013 | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | EU; European Union; Power; Military Power; Civilian Power; Normative Power; Geopolitical Power; Military; Military Diplomacy; Diplomacy; International Relations; IR; Autonomy; Strategic Autonomy; Military Strategic Autonomy; United States; US; USA; Reliance; Internal Disagreement; Dependence; Interdepedence; Problems; Recent History; 2013-2023; Problems; Complexity of Power; Russia; China; Threats; Threathening; Threathening Diplomacy; Russian Invasion of Ukraine; NATO; Common Security and Defence Policy; CSDP; Common Foreign and Security Policy; CFSP; EU’s Defence Technological and Industrial Base; EDTIB; Weapon; Violence; International Law; International Rules; International Order; International; Offensive; Offensive Power; Offensive Military Power; The Power to Threathen War; War; Defensive; Defensive Power; Defensive Military Power; Deterrence; Means; Ends; Civilian Means; Military Means; Civilian Ends; Military Ends; Spectrum of Power; | |
dc.subject.courseuu | International Relations in Historical Perspective | |
dc.thesis.id | 27431 | |