No. 279: CSDP Missions: Addressing their Limited Reform Impact

Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 279
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

The CSDP missions in Ukraine, Kosovo, and Iraq operate from the right diagnosis of the need to strengthen the security sectors and the rule of law. However, their limited impact so far raises questions as to whether the EU is able to increase the missions’ leverage in the host countries and thereby facilitate the desired reforms.

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Ongoing CSDP Missions and Operations