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This chapter introduces the argument, research design and significance of the book, as well as its structure.
The book explains why and how security policies in the EU have evolved, since the creation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), and as a result of two new ideas—the growing importance of non-military crisis management and the comprehensive approach to security. The book contends that, in the first decade of the 2000s, a process of learning has characterised CSDP policy evolution towards a softer, more civilian character, rather than the military purpose it was supposed to fulfil. Learning was made possible by the presence and actions of overlapping communities of experts and practitioners.
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Faleg, G. (2017). Introduction: Ideas that Changed the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. In: The EU's Common Security and Defence Policy . Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41306-8_1
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