The EU and Military Operations

This book is a comparative study of the EU-s first military operations which aims to answer the question: under what circumstances does the EU undertake military operations?

Katarina Engberg is Deputy Director General in the Swedish Ministry of Defence. She has a PhD in Peace and Conflict Research from Uppsala University, Sweden. The book is based on her experience as a practitioner and diplomat posted to the EU.

1. Introduction: Purpose and Overview 2. The Study of Military Operations 3. The First Operations 4. The non-case of the Lebanon war 2006 5. Operation EUFOR RD Congo 2006 6. Comparing the two main cases: the Lebanon war and Operation EUFOR RD Congo 7. Sahel and Congo DRC, again 8. The Horn of Africa, Northern Africa, Sahel, the Levant (?) 9. Comparative Analysis and Conclusions