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Title:The limits of the EU as a peace and security actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors:Froitzheim, MeikeISNI
Söderbaum, FredrikISNI
Taylor, IanISNI
Year:2011
Periodical:Africa Spectrum (ISSN 0002-0397)
Volume:46
Issue:3
Pages:45-70
Language:English
Geographic term:Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Subjects:European Union
foreign policy
foreign intervention
External link:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/486
Abstract:The European Union (EU) is increasingly aspiring to be a global peace and security actor. Using the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a test case to analyse such ambitions, this article reveals that the EU's attempts to build peace and security are severely compromised by its bureaucratic and organizational complexity as well as by its ineffective policies. In fact, the EU's State-centred approach in the DRC has resulted in its inability to deal with 1) the realities of governance in the DRC and 2) the strong transborder dimensions of the conflict. As a result, the EU continues to lack a coherent strategy for the DRC, despite a large budget. The analysis concludes that the EU is more concerned with establishing a symbolic presence and a form of representation than with achieving specific goals. Bibliogr., notes, sum. in English and German. [Journal abstract]
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