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Mission impossible: why crisis management missions do not increase the visibility of the European Union
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Freie Universität Berlin, FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe"
Abstract The European Union’s (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and its accompanying Common
Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) missions are tools used to increase the international profile of the EU.
Using three different databases, this study features a content analysis that evaluates how muc... mehr
The European Union’s (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and its accompanying Common
Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) missions are tools used to increase the international profile of the EU.
Using three different databases, this study features a content analysis that evaluates how much and what kind of media coverage CSDP missions receive. In general, the news coverage is positive, but limited. This article argues that the problem is structural: the very nature of the missions themselves, whether EU or NATO, makes them poor vehicles for EU promotion for political, institutional, and logistical reasons. By definition, they are conducted in the middle of crises, making news coverage politically sensitive. The very act of reporting could undermine the mission. Institutionally, all CSDP missions are intergovernmental; therefore, the member states control the coverage. Logistically, the missions are usually located in remote, undeveloped parts of the world, making it difficult and expensive for European and international journalists to cover. Moreover, these regions in crisis seldom have a thriving, local free press. The author concludes that although a mission may do good, CSDP missions cannot fulfill their primary political function of raising the profile of the EU.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
EU; GASP; GSVP; Sicherheitspolitik; Außenpolitik; Krisenmanagement; Berichterstattung
Klassifikation
Europapolitik
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
media coverage
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2013
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
23 S.
Schriftenreihe
KFG Working Paper Series, 58
ISSN
1868-7601
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung