EU-CELAC: partners in crisis management?

Publication Name
EUISS ISSUE Alerts
Volume, number, page
41, pp.1-2.
Year of Publication
2015
Author(s)
LUENGO-CABRERA José
SANAHUJA José Antonio
VERDES-MONTENEGRO ESCÁNEZ Francisco J.
Editor(s)
EUISS
Organization Name
European Union Institute for Security Studies
Acronym
EUISS
Publisher
EUISS
City
Paris
Country of Publication
France
ISBN or ISSN
2315-1129
Considered Countries
Chile
United States
Brazil
Bolivia
Category
Academic articles
Theme
Subregion - European Union
BIREGIONAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Strategic Partnerships
BIREGIONAL DIALOGUES UE-LAC
Government
Keyword(s)
Integration
Regional Integration
European Union
Latin America
Caribbean
Caribe
CELAC
Cooperation
Interregional Cooperation
crisis management
Security Co-operation
Internal Security
International Security
Unasur
Mercosur
Regional Security
NATO
Drug Policy
Multilateralism
Abstract
Cooperation in crisis management remains a relatively unexplored topic in the bi-regional relationship between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC). However, with UN peacekeeping operations currently overstretched, Washington’s increasing proclivity to ‘lead from behind’ and the growing need to address transnational security threats multilaterally, there is a rising demand for regional actors to act in concert.
While the EU has assumed an increasingly prominent role as an international security provider, CELAC continues to look inwards as a result of the regionalised character of its security agenda. Moreover, recent developments have prompted the EU to refocus on it southern and eastern neighbours, thereby temporarily diverting its attention from external partners. Nevertheless, crisis management cooperation (CMC) has begun to flourish at bilateral level between the EU and individual CELAC countries.
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