Time for a European Security Council

Pauline Massart

A European Security Council based on the U.S. model could do wonders for the development of a European strategic community beyond the policy wonks in the Brussels bubble.

The European Union has a unique set of foreign and security policy tools, including development, trade, and military elements. In theory, this toolbox allows for a comprehensive approach to conflict prevention and resolution as well as sustainable postconflict stabilization. But the EU has not been very good at employing this toolbox coherently. This is due in part to a lack of political will, and in part to a lack of strategic foresight.http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=68168&utm_source=rssemail&utm_medium=email&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURKbFlqa3pZamcwWldaaSIsInQiOiIrRGQ2WFZlMHJIWU1QS2RBUFRsVHJ5ZFdYOVFmWmE2a2pKQ0dRK3ZEVFJaS09mXC9CK05EbER4dE1wSWFnWnE2NDVOVVhcLzBCVUVsQ0VNeHVvQ1VsM1hPWVdGVXFpa0lJZTBtUUs0TEY4ZGZrZjFQUzV2RDM1bEtjOXRhUG0wXC9LdyJ9