Keukeleire and Delreux 2022 Chapter 7: The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the institutional, operational, and legal frameworks of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) based on the lecture notes.

CSDP

The Common Security and Defence Policy, formalized in the 2008 Lisbon Treaty, which provides the EU with operational capacity drawing on civilian and military assets for missions outside the Union.

ESDP

The 'European Security and Defence Policy,' the original label for the CSDP launched in the early 2000s following the Saint-Malo Declaration.

Saint-Malo Declaration

A 1998 joint declaration by the UK and France stating that the EU must have the capacity for autonomous action, backed by credible military forces, to respond to international crises.

Strategic Compass

A guide for the EU's security and defence policy necessitated by geostrategic developments and different threat assessments by member states.

Strategic Autonomy

The goal of strengthening European military capabilities and the industrial and technological dimension of security and defence to reduce dependence on external actors.

Article 42 TEU

The section of the Lisbon Treaty summarizing CSDP as an operational capacity using member state assets for peacekeeping and conflict prevention outside the Union.

Petersberg Tasks

A list of CSDP missions specified in Art. 43(1) TEU, including joint disarmament, humanitarian and rescue tasks, military advice, conflict prevention, and peacekeeping.

Mutual Assistance Clause

Found in Art. 42(7) TEU, this clause obliges member states to provide aid and assistance by all means in their power if another member state is a victim of armed aggression on its territory.

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

Established in 2017 under Arts. 42(6) and 46 TEU, this framework allows member states to make more binding commitments to joint projects and demanding missions.

European Defence Agency (EDA)

An agency that produces Capability Development Plans and coordinates joint projects among member states to increase coherence in defence planning.

Cyber Rapid Response Teams

A specific project established under the PESCO framework to enhance the EU's defensive capabilities in the digital domain.

Eurocorps

A multinational, rapidly deployable corps headquarters set up by France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and Luxembourg outside the formal EU context.

European Intervention Initiative (EI2)

A 12-nation intergovernmental format proposed by France outside the EU context to allow countries to react more swiftly to emerging crisis situations.

The 'Three Ds'

The conditions set by the United States for accepting CSDP: no decoupling from NATO, no duplication of capabilities, and no discrimination of non-EU NATO members.

Berlin Plus arrangements

The 2002 agreements governing EU-NATO relations, allowing the EU to utilize NATO assets, planning facilities, and command options for its operations.

Helsinki Headline Goal 2003

An ambitious but failed attempt in the early 2000s to generate EU military forces of up to 50,000–60,000 persons.

EU Battlegroup (EUBG)

A rapid response concept introduced in 2004 aiming to deploy units of at least 1,500 troops, though they have never been employed in a concrete crisis as of 2021.

Operation Concordia

The 2003 CSDP mission in North Macedonia which was the first to take over a NATO mission ('Allied Harmony').

EUFOR Althea

The military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina that replaced NATO's SFOR in 2004.

Capability Development Plan (CDP)

Regularly updated recommendations by the EDA for member states regarding necessary military hardware, such as air-to-air refuelling and transport capacities.

Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD)

A joint monitoring mechanism created in 2017–2018 to foster a more capable and interoperable set of military forces on a voluntary basis.

EU Military Staff (EUMS)

A body situated within the EEAS that provides expertise for the military-strategic planning process and prepares options for the PSC.

SHAPE

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe; the NATO Operational Headquarters in Belgium used by the EU under Berlin Plus arrangements.

Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC)

Established in 2017 as part of the EEAS, it serves as the first 'integrated' military operational headquarters for non-executive missions.

Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC)

The operational locus within the EEAS for the planning, deployment, and conduct of civilian CSDP missions.

Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM)

A committee within the Council structure that provides advice to the PSC and COREPER regarding civilian crisis management capabilities.

Civilian CSDP Compact

A 2018 political engagement aimed at taking a qualitative and quantitative leap forward in civilian CSDP by 2023.

EULEX Kosovo

A large-scale civilian CSDP mission focused on the rule of law, which at its peak deployed approximately 1,650 personnel.

EU Training Mission (EUTM)

A type of military mission, such as those in Somalia, Mali, and CAR, aimed at strengthening the capabilities of third-country armed forces.

EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta

An autonomous maritime military operation launched in 2008 to combat piracy and protect World Food Programme vessels near the Somali coast.

European Defence Fund (EDF)

A program with a budget of $€7$ billion for 2021–2027 that co-funds collaborative defence research and the joint acquisition of technologies.

Article 346 TFEU

The legal basis for a security-based exemption that allows member states to protect essential security interests connected with the production of or trade in arms.

DG DEFIS

The Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space in the European Commission, responsible for the EDF budget and space policy.

Galileo

The EU's Global Satellite Navigation System which, alongside Copernicus, has important ramifications for security and defence capabilities.