Civilian and Military Missions in the Western Balkans
Civilian and Military Missions in the Western Balkans

Author(s): Eva Gross
Subject(s): Civil Society, Security and defense, Military policy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Keywords: European Union; Security and defence policy; Civilian and Military missions;
Summary/Abstract: The EU has made great strides in the development of its European security and defence policy (ESDP) and its regional presence in the Western Balkans as a security actor. Yet the success of its police and military crisis management to date has been hampered by problems of a steep institutional learning curve over the design and implementation of missions and the decision making structures in Brussels. This chapter analyses the design of the existing missions and asks whether they are appropriate and relevant for their effective implementation and for meeting their declared goals in the field. It shows that missions have suffered from difficulties in their design, problems in attracting appropriate personnel and issues of inter- and intra-pillar coordination, and therefore coherence.

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