Neofunctionalism and EU external policy integration: the case of capacity building in support of security and development (CBSD)

Under the umbrella of Capacity Building in Support of Security and Development (CBSD), the EU provides equipment and infrastructure to the armed forces of partner countries. The 2017 reform of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) to implement CBSD represents a remarkable integra...

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Published inJournal of European public policy Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 1253 - 1272
Main Author Bergmann, Julian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 02.09.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Accession
Armed forces
Capacity building approach
CBSD
Development policy
Discrepancies
EU external policy
Frame analysis
IcSP
Infrastructure
neofunctionalism
Peace
Reforms
Security
security-development nexus
spillover
Tactics
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Summary:Under the umbrella of Capacity Building in Support of Security and Development (CBSD), the EU provides equipment and infrastructure to the armed forces of partner countries. The 2017 reform of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) to implement CBSD represents a remarkable integrative step at the interface of EU security and development policy. This article explains the IcSP reform through a neofunctionalist lens. It argues that the extension of the Commission's competences in EU security affairs can be explained by the interaction of functional and cultivated spillover pressures. Functional discrepancies between the CSDP framework and EU development policy created strong pressures for further integrative steps. Moreover, the Commission exerted strong pressures for adopting its proposal for implementing CBSD through the IcSP by drawing on a combination of strategic coalition-building, bargaining tactics and community framing. The case illustrates neofunctionalism's potential to explain external policy integration.
ISSN:1350-1763
1466-4429
DOI:10.1080/13501763.2018.1526204