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Over the past ten years, the European Union (EU) has become more proactive and visible on the world stage. Indeed, in addition to its traditional economic leverage, the EU has enhanced its practice of projecting normative, civilian, and even military power beyond its external boundary. One crucial aspect of this process, although neglected by the academic literature, is the importance and the role of the sea regarding the EU’s external policies and security.
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Germond, B. (2015). Introduction. In: The Maritime Dimension of European Security. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137017819_1
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