The implementation of the EU security sector reform policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Justaert, Arnout

doi:10.1080/09662839.2012.665885

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“…The prevailing orthodoxy is that more cross-pillar coherence and coordination would improve the EU's role in DRC (Boshoff et al 2010, More and Price 2010, Justaert and Keukeleire 2010, Froitzheim et al 2011, Lurweg 2011. I have, however, shown that there is considerable incoherence within the pillar structure, not just across it.…”

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Make do, or mend? EU security provision in complex conflicts: the Democratic Republic of Congo

Davis

2014

European Security

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This article assesses whether the EU contributes to long-term positive change in societies emerging from violent conflict, helping them 'mend' or whether it simply encourages societies to 'make do' with the status quo. To do so, the article focuses on two of the principles found in the Treaty, peace and justice for human rights violations. It examines how the EU translates the principles of peace and justice into policy and puts them into practice by analyzing EU engagement in peace mediation, transitional justice, and security sector reform in general and through in-depth examination of EU engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It questions the prevailing discourse that greater inter-institutional coherence would improve EU security provision and considers whether and how the EU prioritizes between peace and justice. The article finds that principles may be translated into policy and put into practice, and practice is often ahead of policy. But this is uneven within as well as across the institutions. Greater coherence between principle, policy, and practice, rather than between institutions, would improve EU security provision and enable prioritization. If the EU settles for making do, it undermines its considerable potential to contribute to long-term solutions to complex conflicts.

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Section: Cross-pillar Coherence: a Fig Leaf?mentioning

confidence: 93%

Make do, or mend? EU security provision in complex conflicts: the Democratic Republic of Congo

Davis

2014

European Security

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“…Several of the EU's SSR projects are haunted by primacy of national rather than EU-level interests, according to contributors to a special issue of European Security (no. 2 2012) (Justaert 2012). It exemplifies the difficulty of maintaining a holistic approach when 28 member states are involved in an SSR process (Law 2007).…”

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Defense sector reform in the Western Balkans – different approaches and different tools

Busterud¹

2014

European Security

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This article analyses two different approaches to defense sector reform (DSR) in the Western Balkans. It explores the role of NATO in the reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as Norway's involvement in Montenegro. Based on this, the article then compares and contrasts the two processes, and looks at the factors that have influenced their success or failure. The analysis show that both BiH and Montenegro have taken significant steps towards Euro-Atlantic integration, and that NATO and Norway have succeeded in part of their work to assist this effort. However, it also suggests that certain key factors for success in SSR have been less than optimal, such as donor coordination and the principle of local ownership. Both actors are also limited by the lack of a conceptual framework or guidelines for their work on DSR.

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“…They warn that when 'armed forces simultaneously wage a military campaign and train local military or police, ' the important principles of SSR, such as civilian oversight or democratic governance may 'get lost' (Schnabel & Farr 2012: 13). Many experts emphasize the primacy of national interests in SSR missions (Justaert 2012), which indicate a favoring of the security aspect over development. Clare Short, the former UK Secretary of State for International Development, who first coined the term SSR in 1998 (Sedra 2010), warned that the SSR 'concept might be deployed as a cover for interventions that focus less on the needs of local people and more on Western security interests' (Short 2014: ix).…”

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The Nexus Between Security Sector Governance/Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16: An Examination of Conceptual Linkages

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Chapter 1. Introduction 1 a. A roadmap 3 b. The security-development nexus 3 c. United Nations' approach to the security-development nexus 4 d. Other international organizations' approaches to the security-development nexus 6 e. The security-development nexus debate in academia and policymaking 7 Chapter 2. Literature Review 11 a. The literature on SSG/R i. SSG/R and development ii. Critiques of the SSR-development nexus b. The literature on sustainable development, Agenda 2030, and SDG-16 i. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ii. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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The implementation of the EU security sector reform policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Cited by 10 publications

References 11 publications

Make do, or mend? EU security provision in complex conflicts: the Democratic Republic of Congo

Make do, or mend? EU security provision in complex conflicts: the Democratic Republic of Congo

Defense sector reform in the Western Balkans – different approaches and different tools

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