The Unbearable Lightness of European Defense

Despite the November 2015 terrorist attacks by the so-called Islamic State, EU governments are unlikely to commit to deeper European military cooperation, writes Daniel Keohane.

In a related url hyperlink Anand Menon and Nick Witney write in a ECFR Essay 'Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and France’s call for European solidarity under Article 42.7, European states should rekindle defence cooperation and aid France’s deployments in Africa.

Anand Menon and Nick Witney argue that even though France has asked its EU partners to share in some of its overseas military deployments, the EU’s common defence policy has broken down, with most Europeans having ceased to take defence seriously.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Hollande’s emerging war strategy http://www.europeansources.info/record/hollandes-emerging-war-strategy/

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/topics/security-defence/ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/topics/security-defence/

ESO: Background information: Invoking the EU’s Mutual Assistance Clause. What it says, what it means http://www.europeansources.info/record/invoking-the-eus-mutual-assistance-clause-what-it-says-what-it-means/

ESO: Background information: Collective solidarity with France must transform into collective action against ISIS http://www.europeansources.info/record/collective-solidarity-with-france-must-transform-into-collective-action-against-isis/

ECFR: Essay, November 2015: After Paris: What price European defence? http://ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR-150-WHAT-PRICE-EUROPEAN-DEFENCE-final.pdf

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