The failure of the crisis management tasks of the EU's common foreign and security policy in the Bosnia and Kosovo crises: Initiating a change in EU-NATO relations
Date of Publication
2005
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Major in European Studies
Subject Categories
International and Area Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
International Studies
Abstract/Summary
This paper is a study about The Failure of the Crisis Management Tasks of the European Union's (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in the Bosnia and Kosovo Crises: Initiating a Change in EU-NATO Relations. The researchers identify the failures of the responses of NATO and the EU's CFSP using their crisis management tasks in the Bosnia and Kosovo crises. These crisis management capabilities are used as indicators in evaluating the EU-NATO relationship. The study claims that the EU's CFSP failed in the Bosnia and Kosovo crisis, which led to the development of the ESDP. This development initiate a change in the EU’s relation with NATO, from being a complement to NATO towards being an autonomous body in security and defense. To prove this claim, the independent responses of the two institutions using their crisis managements tasks in Bosnia and Kosovo are examined. The objectives of the study are 1.) to identify the individual responses of the EU and NATO in the regional-ethnic crises in Bosnia and Kosovo 2.) to know the structural developments of the EU’s CFSP with regard to the intrastate conflicts experienced in Eastern Europe 3.) to evaluate the relationship between the EU and NATO based on their responses to the crises. The deductive and qualitative methods are used as research strategy and instrumentation, respectively. The independent variable is the failure of the crisis managements tasks of the EU's CFSP in the Bosnia and Kosovo crises. On the other hand, the dependent variable is the EU-NATO relationship. The paper utilizes the theories of neo-liberal institutionalism and neofunctionalism in explaining the hypothesis. The EU and NATO cooperated in addressing the threat of ethnic conflict in the new security environment. However, both institutions failed in meeting their objectives in the two crises. The St. Malo agreement which was a direct result of the EU's failure in the Kosovo crisis initiated the development of the ESDP. Through this development, the EU now has the capability of autonomous action, independent of NATO in the field of security and defense. The missions undertaken by the EU manifested its autonomous capability to address specific crises without US-led NATO involvement. The researchers recommend that improvements in the areas of deployability and sustainability of large scale operations, defense spending and political cooperation should be achieved.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
CDTU014221
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Keywords
Crisis management--European Union countries
Recommended Citation
Domopoy, D., Lao, S., & Ong, V. (2005). The failure of the crisis management tasks of the EU's common foreign and security policy in the Bosnia and Kosovo crises: Initiating a change in EU-NATO relations. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6853
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