EU Global Strategy after the UK Referendum on EU membership: Does Brexit scupper EU ambitions?

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Abstract

The HR-VP outlined her ambitions for an EU Global Strategy just as the UK apparently chose to leave the European Union. This paper looks at the implications of that outcome and the impact on the Union’s strategic ambitions. The so-called Brexit is not instantaneous, and indeed may take a few years, but withdrawal from an EU framework by the Union’s largest defence spending member and one of only two with power projection capabilities casts a pall over EU ambitions.
The paper looks at the evidence of impact on EU global strategy and on Common Security and Defence Policy, especially in the light of UK government statements concerning defence and security and relations with the EU post-referendum.
Key considerations are the implications for CSDP of the UK decision to leave the EU, in particular the impact of Brexit on British security and defence cooperation with the EU and EU member states, and the security and defence implications before (and after) triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBISA Annual Conference Brighton
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2017

Keywords

  • CSDP
  • Global Strategy
  • Brexit
  • security
  • defence

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