The EU as a security provider

This Clingendael Report addresses the question of how the EU as a security provider should further adapt to the changing security environment. First, it deals with the question of developing further policy in response to the external-internal security nexus, looking in particular at the consequences for the actors involved. Based on this central question the impact on three specific areas has been analysed: the comprehensive approach in EU crisis management; capability development and the defence industry. In all three cases the follow-on work to the December 2013 European Council on Defence takes a prominent place