The EU in the Congo: Adding Value to the International Community's Peacebuilding Efforts
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This article attempts to broaden the analytical framework of the European Union (EU) security policy literature. The wider aim is to provide a conceptual link between the engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), crisis resolution and post-conflict peace-building in general. I develop a context specific analysis of the EU's role in the DRC, while enabling the extrapolation of generalisable findings concerning peacebuilding and security sector reform. The EU, with particular importance placed on its civilian ESDP missions, has staked out a role of coordinator within the heterarchy of international donor involvement. In line with the new international consensus, the EU employs its missions as vehicles to advance reforms in... (More)
- This article attempts to broaden the analytical framework of the European Union (EU) security policy literature. The wider aim is to provide a conceptual link between the engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), crisis resolution and post-conflict peace-building in general. I develop a context specific analysis of the EU's role in the DRC, while enabling the extrapolation of generalisable findings concerning peacebuilding and security sector reform. The EU, with particular importance placed on its civilian ESDP missions, has staked out a role of coordinator within the heterarchy of international donor involvement. In line with the new international consensus, the EU employs its missions as vehicles to advance reforms in support of peace by focusing on a multidimensional approach and micro-engagement in the processes of reform along lines of European ?best practice?. It will be argued that this involvement represents a new ?civilising? approach to peacebuilding based on central notions of international neo-trusteeship. This approach adds important value to the international community's effort to resolve violent conflict, by advancing the peace building agenda conceptually and providing much needed reference points for the wider donor community within the increasingly crowded space of international peacebuilding. (Less)
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- author
- Rathje, Felix
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- European Union, peacebuilding, civilian ESDP missions, security sector reform, neo-trusteeship, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1321247
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- 2007-06-12 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2007-06-12 00:00:00
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abstract = {{This article attempts to broaden the analytical framework of the European Union (EU) security policy literature. The wider aim is to provide a conceptual link between the engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), crisis resolution and post-conflict peace-building in general. I develop a context specific analysis of the EU's role in the DRC, while enabling the extrapolation of generalisable findings concerning peacebuilding and security sector reform. The EU, with particular importance placed on its civilian ESDP missions, has staked out a role of coordinator within the heterarchy of international donor involvement. In line with the new international consensus, the EU employs its missions as vehicles to advance reforms in support of peace by focusing on a multidimensional approach and micro-engagement in the processes of reform along lines of European ?best practice?. It will be argued that this involvement represents a new ?civilising? approach to peacebuilding based on central notions of international neo-trusteeship. This approach adds important value to the international community's effort to resolve violent conflict, by advancing the peace building agenda conceptually and providing much needed reference points for the wider donor community within the increasingly crowded space of international peacebuilding.}},
author = {{Rathje, Felix}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The EU in the Congo: Adding Value to the International Community's Peacebuilding Efforts}},
year = {{2007}},
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