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SUMMARY:Seizing the Crisis and Using Europe: The Politics of EU Defence In
 tegration Cooperation after Brexit’ - Dr Lucie Béraud-Sudreau
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CONTACT:Julie Smith
DESCRIPTION:Since the summer of 2016 a number of political initiatives sig
 nalled a significant shift in European defence cooperation\, with a return
  to the EU as the vehicle of choice for defence co-operation. Given the pr
 ior lack of effectiveness of EU defence\, and the trends observed in the p
 ast decade where member states have opted for co-operation outside the EU'
 s framework\, how can we explain this movement to pursue more defence inte
 gration through the EU? Using a public policy lens and contributing to the
  scholarship on 'Europeanisation' dynamics\, this paper challenges the lit
 erature's focus on structural explanations linking external crises and rei
 nforcement of EU defence co-operation\, by putting agents at the heart of 
 the process. Analysing the political game that EU institutions and member 
 state actors have engaged in since 2014\, we examine which actors had an i
 nterest in pushing for the EU to take on more responsibility in defence\, 
 why\, and how a consensus was made possible on issues that were previously
  well-known for creating divisions.\n\n\n\nA Research Fellow for Defence E
 conomics and Procurement at the International Institute for Strategic Stud
 ies (IISS)\, Dr Lucie Béraud-Sudreau is responsible for the collection an
 d assessment of data on defence budgets and defence industry for The Milit
 ary Balance and Military Balance +. She holds a PhD\, comparing French and
  Swedish arms export policies. Before joining the IISS\, she was a guest r
 esearcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and an a
 nalyst at the French Ministry of Defence.\n\nAll are welcome.\n
LOCATION: Room S3\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB
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