The limits of the EU as a peace and security actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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dc.contributor.authorFroitzheim, Meikeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSoderbaum, Fredriken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Ianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-12T08:33:54Z
dc.date.available2012-04-12T08:33:54Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionCITATION: Froitzheim, M., Soderbaum, F. & Taylor, I. 2011. The limits of the EU as a peace and security actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Africa Spectrum, 46(3):45-70.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/index
dc.description.abstractThe 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 the EU's inability to deal with 1) the realities of governance in the DRC and 2) the strong trans-border 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.
dc.description.urihttps://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/486
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent27 pages
dc.identifier.citationFroitzheim, M., Soderbaum, F. & Taylor, I. 2011. The limits of the EU as a peace and security actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Africa Spectrum, 46(3):45-70.
dc.identifier.issn1868-6869 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0002-0397 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20713
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHamburg University Press
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectCongo (Democratic Republic)en_ZA
dc.subjectEuropean Unionen_ZA
dc.subjectPeacekeeping -- Africaen_ZA
dc.titleThe limits of the EU as a peace and security actor in the Democratic Republic of the Congoen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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