14-15 May 2009 Potentially powerful; The European Defence Agency at five years

Frank Slijper
Presentation at the conference “Militarism: Political Economy, Security, Theory”,
University of Sussex

After earlier unsuccessful initiatives, the creation of the European Defence Agency in the summer of 2004 was received with considerable scepticism. However, the significantly different context of post-Cold War Europe had succeeded in changing perspectives on European defence.

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