European Homeland Security: A European Strategy In The Making? (contemporary Security Studies)

This book examines the processes and factors shaping the development of homeland security policies in the European Union (EU), within the wider context of European integration. The EU functions in a complex security environment, with perceived security threats from Islamist terrorists, migration and border security issues, and environmental problems. In order to deal with these, the EU has undertaken a number of actions, including the adoption of the European Security Strategy in 2003, the Information Management Strategy of 2009, and the Internal Security Strategy of 2010. However, despite such efforts to achieve a more concerted European action in the field of security, there are still many questions to be answered about whether the European approach is really a strategic one. European Homeland Security addresses two major debates in relation to the development of homeland security in Europe. First, it reflects on the absence of homeland security in European political debate and its potential consequences. Second, it examines the significant policy developments in the EU that suggest the influence of homeland security ideas, notably through policy transfer from the United States. The book will be of great interest to students of European security and EU politics, terrorism and counter-terrorism, security studies and IR. This book examines the processes and factors shaping the development of homeland security policies in the EU, within the wider context of integration.The European Union functions in a complex security environment, with perceived security threats from Islamist terrorists, migration and border security issues, and environmental problems. In order to deal with these, the EU has undertaken a number of coordinated actions, including, among others, the adoption of the European Union Security Strategy in 2003, the Information Management Strategy of 2009, and the Internal Security Strategy of 2010. However, despite such efforts to provide direction and achieve a more concerted European action in the field of security, there are still many questions about the extent to which the European approach is really a strategic one. Can it be strategic at all if several security aspects are addressed separately rather than in a framework of a more general 'homeland security' policy? What would be potential benefits of looking at the European Union's security policies as 'homeland security' rather than fragmented 'internal security'? This volume addresses two major debates i relation to the development of homeland security in Europe. First, it reflects on the absence of 'homeland security' in European political debate and its potential consequences. It demonstrates that homeland security remains a controversial term in Europe and looks into the added value that a reference to homeland security could bring. Second, it looks at the development of what can be seen as the policy area of, European homeland security' to be distinguished from the political label of ,homeland security', and seeks to understand whether it was a strategic or rather an accidental development Introduction: European Homeland Security : A European Strategy In The Making? / Patryk Pawlak -- Homeland Security In The Making : American And European Patterns Of Transformation / Patryk Pawlak -- Strategic Patchwork Or Comprehensive Framework? : Upside Down Security Strategy Development In The European Union / Ursula C. Schroeder -- The Fight Against International Terrorism: Driver And Yardstick For European Homeland Security / Raphael Bossong -- A 'coordination Nightmare'? Institutional Coherence In European Union Counter-terrorism / Javier Argomaniz -- The External Dimension Of European Homeland Security / Alex Mackenzie -- The Development Of European Union Emergency And Crisis Management Structures / Cecile Wendling -- The Fog Of Border: The Fragmentation Of The European Union's Border Policies / Xymena Kurowska -- The Role Of Frontex In European Homeland Security / Sarah Leonard -- Conclusion: European Homeland Security After Lisbon And Stockholm / Patryk Pawlak. Edited By Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard And Patryk Pawlak. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [176]-197) And Index. This book examines the processes and factors shaping the development of homeland security policies in the EU, within the wider context of integration. The European Union functions in a complex security environment, with perceived security threats from Islamist terrorists, migration and border security issues, and environmental problems. In order to deal with these, the EU has undertaken a number of coordinated actions, including, among others, the adoption of the European Union Security Strategy in 2003, the Information Management Strategy of ..