“CSDP’s Missions to Central Africa and what it tells about the European Union. A Case Study of CSDP’s Mission to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC”. (original) (raw)

“CSDP’s Missions to Central Africa and what it tells about the European Union. A Case Study of CSDP’s Mission to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC”.

The European Union’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) which is used as an instrument for crisis management, peace, development and more, has not only been active in crisis management in Asia, Middle East, Europe ,Horn of Africa but very prominently in Central Africa. This papers sets out to analyze the CSDP’s mission to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with particular focus on: Why the CSDP went on a mission to DRC, its legacy, some lessons learnt from this mission, formulation of specific policy recommendation or some major guidelines to be considered by EU/CSDP for future military or civilian actions.