The European Security Strategy (ESS) has become an important reference framework for the EU since its inception in 2003. Without strategy an actor can only real

In December 2003 the EU adopted the European Security Strategy, the first ever common strategic vision of the Member States. This volume examines how the Strate

This volume offers a coherent analysis of the European Union’s security strategies within a comparative framework. If the EU is to survive and prosper as an e

​This book explores the multilayer nexus among inter-related international and regional security parameters that critically define the EU’s rapidly changing

This volume addresses how and in what capacity the European Union and its member states are able to respond to fundamental shifts occurring in global politics a