http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4118 www.iuee.eu/presentacio.asp?parent=13&ap=21 2012-02-11T21:36:52Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/169959 The Role of the European Union in the Processes to Ban Cluster Munitions Vlaskamp, Martijn At the end of 2008 the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) that outlawed almost all types of cluster munitions was signed. It was the product of the so-called Oslo process, which had been set up two years earlier as a reaction to the failure to add a new protocol banning cluster munitions to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). The position of the EU in these two processes was ambivalent: on the one hand it belonged to the strongest proponents for a new protocol within the CCW, but on the other hand the member states were in general not able to act jointly in the Oslo Process. According to this working paper especially the aspect of national security and the related relationship to the United States influenced the stances of many member states and complicated the formation of a common European position. There were common normative values of the EU detected, which played a role in the CCW, but they were only secondary to other interests of the member states. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/169878 More than cheap talk? Euro-Mediterranean cooperation on human rights and democracy van Hüllen, Vera Despite the EU’s democracy promotion efforts and a joint commitment to democracy and human rights in the EMP, there are no signs of convergence towards the liberal democratic model advocated by the EU. However, the scope and intensity of multilateral, transnational, and bilateral cooperation have steadily increased across the region since the mid 1990s. Cooperation in the field of democracy promotion is marked by strong dynamics of sectoral, normative, and geographical differentiation, but it is clearly situated in a regional and highly standardised framework. While policy or polity convergence seems unlikely in the short or medium term, democracy and human rights are firmly established on a joint regional agenda 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/169877 La Unión Europea frente a Darfur una vez más: EUFOR Chad/RCA Gabarro, Jordi; Sabiote, Maria A. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/169876 Las relaciones UE-África y la futura asociación estratégica: realpolitik con piel de cordero Guerrero, Federico 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/169875 El Instrumento Europeo de Vecindad y Asociación: Conteniendo expectativas en tiempos de escasez Natorski, Michal 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/14080 La Unión Europea en la crisis del Líbano o la paradoja entre poder y querer Sabiote, Maria A.; Soler i Lecha, Eduard Las milicias de Hezbollah secuestraron a dos soldados israelíes cerca de la frontera del Líbano y se lanzaron cohetes Katiuska hacia el norte de Israel. Este suceso provocó la respuesta armada israelí y el inicio de un largo verano de bombardeos en el sur del Líbano, en los suburbios de Beirut y en el norte de Israel. Por su lado, la Unión Europea evidenció la divergencia de pareceres entre sus 25 estados miembros. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/14079 Cumbre de Viena: energía, polarización y búsqueda de liderazgos Bermúdez, Ángel; Soriano, Juan Pablo La IV Cumbre Unión Europea – América Latina y el Caribe (UE-ALC), celebrada en Viena los días 11, 12 y 13 de mayo, estuvo marcada por una creciente polarización interna latinoamericana, por los problemas europeos para definir un liderazgo sobre el futuro del proyecto de integración y por la crisis global de energía. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4757 El interregionalismo en la nueva arquitectura global. El caso de los encuentros Europa Asia: ¿equilibrio de poder o construcción de identidades? López i Vidal, Lluc El presente estudio aborda la irrupción teórica del interregionalismo como fenómeno reciente en la teoría de las Relaciones Internacionales, a la vez que analiza uno de los casos empíricos más sobresalientes: el Encuentro Europa Asia entre los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de los 15 miembros de la UE y diez Estados asiáticos. Este proceso de cooperación multidimensional que representa a la mitad de la población y del PIB mundial, se ha convertido en uno de los foros más relevantes de la arquitectura global. Pero más allá de representar “una excelente oportunidad para aprovechar potenciales sinergias y profundizar en el desarrollo de cauces de diálogo multilateral” , ¿cuáles son las fuerzas motores detrás del fenómeno del interregionalismo?, ¿cuál es la función principal ejercida por ASEM para la UE y para Asia Oriental respectivamente?¿se trata de un juego de equilibro de poderes o el resultado de la construcción de identidades? 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4756 The EU as a security provider in its neighbourhood: the case of non-proliferation of WMD in the Mediterranean area Kienzle, Benjamin As a consequence of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the US-led war against Iraq, WMD and their proliferation have become a central element of the EU security agenda. In December 2003, the European Council adopted even a EU Strategy against Proliferation of WMD. The approach adopted in this Strategy can be largely described as a ‘cooperative security provider’ approach and is based on effective multilateralism, the promotion of a stable international and regional environment and the cooperation with key partners. The principal objective of this paper is to examine in how far the EU has actually implemented the ‘cooperative security provider’ approach in the area which the Non-proliferation Strategy identifies as one of its priorities – the Mediterranean. Focusing on the concept of security interdependence, the paper analyses first the various WMD dangers with which the EU is confronted in the Mediterranean area. Afterwards, it examines how the EU has responded to these hazards in the framework of the Barcelona process and, in particular, the new European Neighbourhood Policy. It is argued that despite its relatively powerful rhetoric, the EU has largely failed, for a wide range of reasons, to apply effectively its non-proliferation approach in the Mediterranean area and, thus, to become a successful security provider. 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4755 EU foreign policy towards Georgia: just for energy? Pardo Sierra, Oscar The paper analyses how the EU foreign policy towards Georgia changed after the Rose Revolution, reaching greater levels of involvement and assistance. It is argued that the pro-western and reformist new government in Georgia triggered a new orientation in the EU foreign policy towards the country based on a logic of appropriateness, that is EU´s values, in addition to energy interests. Comparative analysis in the Southern-Caucasus and other Eastern-European countries shows how reformist and pro-EU governments receive more EU support and assistance. This does not mean that material interest do not play an important role. However, the EU seems to be coherent with its values when regarding the European neighbourhood. 2006-05-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4754 La política europea de España 2005-2006 Barbé, Esther El presente working paper es la versión española del capítulo escrito por la autora sobre la política europea de España para un anuario alemán sobre construcción europea (W. Weidenfeld y W. Wessels (Hrsg.). Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2005/06, Institut fur Europäische Politik. Europa Union Verlag, en prensa). La autora escribe dicho capítulo para el Jahrbuch regularmente desde el año 1990. Producto de dichos textos es el libro de la autora que lleva por título La política europea de España, Barcelona, Ariel, 1999. En dicho libro se recogen aspectos conceptuales y de análisis en profundidad que sirven de marco al presente texto, cuyas características responden al objetivo de la publicación (alemana) en la que apareció: un anuario de seguimiento de la construcción europea de carácter coyuntural. 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4753 Learning the ropes and embracing the rules: CFSP institutions as arenas for learning and strategic socialisation Juncos, Ana E.; Pomorska, Karolina The aim of this article is to analyse those situations in which learning and socialisation take place within the context of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), in particular, at the level of experts in the Council Working Groups. Learning can explain the institutional development of CFSP and changes in the foreign policies of the Member States. Some scope conditions for learning and channels of institutionalisation are identified. Socialisation, resulting from learning within a group, is perceived as a strategic action by reflective actors. National diplomats, once they arrive in Brussels, learn the new code of conduct of their Working Groups. They are embedded in two environments and faced with two logics: the European one in the Council and the national one in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The empirical evidence supports the argument that neither rational nor sociological approaches alone can account for these processes. 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4752 When ESDP confronts ENP: security sector reform as a bridge in the EU’s foreign policy Sabiote, Maria A. The European Neighbourhood Policy’s birth has taken place in parallel with the renewed momentum of the European Security and Defence Policy, which has launched 14 operations since 2003. Both policies’ instruments have converged in the neighbouring area covered by ENP: Georgia, in the East and the Palestinian Territories in the South. In both cases, the Security Sector Reform strategies have been the main focus for ESDP and an important objective for ENP. In this paper, two objectives are pursued: first, to assess the EU’s involvement in both cases in SSR terms; and second, to analyse whether the convergence of ESDP operations with a broader EU neighbourhood policy implies that the former has become an instrument for the a EU external action. 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z http://www.recercat.cat:80/handle/2072/4749 La política de prevención y gestión de conflictos de la Unión Europea en África Subsahariana: el caso del conflicto de los Grandes Lagos Guerrero, Federico Tras su inclusión en la Estrategia Europea de Seguridad de la UE del 2003 y en el Tratado constitucional del 2004, se puede considerar que se ha producido la “oficialización” de la política de prevención y gestión de conflictos (PPGC) de la UE en tanto que objetivo principal de la política de seguridad de la Unión. Uno de los campos de actuación de la PPGC ha sido África Subsahariana y, en concreto, el conflicto de los Grandes Lagos que orbita alrededor de la República Democrática del Congo (RDC). Un conflicto en el que a lo largo de más de una década la Unión ha aplicado diversos tipos de instrumentos (civiles y militares) encuadrados dentro de la PPGC. Tras la celebración en diciembre de 2006 de la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales en dicho país africano (las cuales podrían significar el fin definitivo del conflicto), éste parece un buen momento para analizar la tipología de instrumentos aplicados por la Unión en lo que denominaríamos el “toolbox” de la PPGC, así como para realizar un primer balance sobre los mismos. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z