New Impulses in European Foreign andSecurity Policy

The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) andthe European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) aretoday among the most dynamic and most frequentlydiscussed policy topics within the EuropeanUnion. Developing a European profile in foreign andsecurity policy has become one of the key integrationprojects of the EU. This project is not only about poolingnational forces and capacities but also about assertingthe Union’s identity on the global stage. At thesame time, however, there is a great divergence betweenthe demands and expectations of the Europeanson the one hand, and the political reality...