Open AccessTHE EU’S COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY IN THE CASE OF THE EULEX MISSION IN KOSOVO
Author(s) -
Bilbil Kastrati,
Samo Uhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
teorija in praksa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.191
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 0040-3598
DOI - 10.51936/tip.58.1.199-218
Subject(s) - mandate , relevance (law) , crisis management , political science , security policy , conflict management , public administration , business , international trade , law , computer security , computer science
. The article considers whether the EU’s CSDPmissions are a suitable crisis management mechanismfor post-conflict situations, along with the EU’s relevance in crisis management at all. For this purpose, theEU’s biggest CSDP civilian mission EULEX was chosenas a research case study. The research results reveal thatEULEX has not implemented its mandate, not met theexpectations of security consumers, not made any difference on the ground, and cannot be seen as an example the EU should rely on in its future missions. Further,EULEX shows that CSDP missions suffer from manyshortfalls and the EU CFSP from a capability–expectations gap. The article concludes that the EULEX missiondoes not show the EU’s relevance in the crisis management of post-conflict situations.