Could Differentiated Integration Unblock the CSDP?
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Differentiated integration, which brings some member states together on common means and strategies, appears to be the only route possible to circumvent obstructions to a Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) for the 28 member states.
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On an institutional level, it is possible. But its power to create a political domino effect and its ability to bolster existing means of action, remain rather unconvincing. The return of partial integration frameworks into the CSDP as a whole is the only way that will allow the entire process to move pass a juxtaposition of national interests.
Article published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 80, No. 1, Spring 2015
