European Union common security and defence policy and Latvian involvement in EU battlegroups

• Authors: Valerijs Bodnieks
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this article, the author analyses types of Europeanisation: top-down, bottom-up, horizontal, circular, and looks at Latvian involvement in the EU CSDP capability project - EU Battlegroups. Additionally, the author analyses the EU CSDP strategies in 2003 and 2016 with emphasis on key threats and key directions of action for the security of the EU. If it is necessary, EU Battlegroups can become involved to secure the EU. In the article, the author examines Latvian involvement in EU Battlegroups and changes in political planning documents and legal acts regarding EU Battlegroups. The author shows that for the future, it is necessary to involve an EU Battlegroup in real action in the area of operations, and that it is necessary to initiate discussions on a possible review and evaluation of the format of the EU Battlegroup.

Keywords

EN

EU Common Security and Defence policy; defence; security; EU Battlegroups

• Publisher: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Journal: Security and Defence Quarterly
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 202-212

Dates

published

2019-06-28

Contributors

author

Valerijs Bodnieks

• Riga Stradiņš University, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.35467/sdq/108664