The EU's Attempt for Security Policy Cooperation under the Lisbon Treaty

European integration is a highly dynamic process of constant balancing between idealism and pragmatism and between progress-making and compromise-seeking with a long-term aim towards "an ever closer union." All the treaties signed by the member states in the framework of the European Union...

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Published inDōngwú zhèngzhì xuébào Vol. 34; no. 2; p. 61
Main Author Kan, Francis Yi-hua
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Taipei Soochow University 01.06.2016
Subjects
European integration
International organizations
Security
Treaties
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Summary:European integration is a highly dynamic process of constant balancing between idealism and pragmatism and between progress-making and compromise-seeking with a long-term aim towards "an ever closer union." All the treaties signed by the member states in the framework of the European Union are important outcomes of this process. The key purpose of this article is to explore how the EU's security policy seeks dynamic compromise and balance between inter-governmentalism and supra-nationalism and what impact such a balancing would have on the union's further cooperation. This is done through the examination of the highly sensitive dimension of integration process, focusing on the normalization and practice of security policy concerning the Lisbon Treaty. This article first analyses how the EU strives to solve the dilemma of governance through treaty-making whereby its security cooperation could be consolidated. It also inspects the background, development, and practice of the Lisbon Treaty concerning security po
ISSN:1019-8636