This article examines neorealist and neofunctionalist theoretical approaches to the issue of defence and European … integration, and specifically the prospects of adding a defence component to the European Union. It sets out the difference … and predictions about the relationship between defence and European integration. However, when these two approaches are …

The Common Security and Defence Policy is a part of the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and … present challenges to the European Common Security and Defence Policy in the context of the recent events in the world economy. …