The EU''s Military Crisis Management Operations

The purpose of this book is to analyse the EU''s international crisis management capabilities, particularly its military dimension, using what are known as the Petersberg tasks. These capabilities'' legal framework is part of Europe''s new security and defence context in international relations. In our book we analyse the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in the EU Treaty, and the relations between the EU and WEU and NATO; the conception, institutional structure and legal basis of so called Petersberg tasks; the practice of this kind of operations in international crisis management; we also analyse the civilian crisis management tasks in order to identify common points and divergences with regard to military actions, and finally we describe the Petersberg tasks'' future prospects, with special references to the EU¿s military-civilian capabilities. Our ultimate goal is to identify, systematise and conduct a legal study of EU military operations, in order to grasp the scope of its involvement in international security and peace-keeping issues, and obtain the keys that explain the current situation as well as future prospects.