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A Functional Approach to the Construction of Peace: Including Natural Resources Management in (the Design of) EU Peace Operations

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Managing Crises, Making Peace

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To tackle today’s complex security challenges, the European Union (EU) has endeavoured to develop an integrated defence and security policy, and a so-called ‘comprehensive approach’ that mixes together civilian and military means. Both undertakings have their share of conceptual and operational challenges, but they hold the promise of considerable improvements in the EU’s conception and conduct of peace operations. Still, major hindrances remain, both at an intra-EU level and between the EU and its partners, among which issues pertaining to national sovereignty stand in importance.

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  1. Unitelma Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy

    Maria Grazia Galantino

  2. University of Coimbra, Portugal

    Maria Raquel Freire

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Hellendorff, B. (2015). A Functional Approach to the Construction of Peace: Including Natural Resources Management in (the Design of) EU Peace Operations. In: Galantino, M.G., Freire, M.R. (eds) Managing Crises, Making Peace. Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137442253_6

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