1st Edition

EU Security Missions and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Amr Nasr El-Din Copyright 2017
178 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores and analyses the various factors that affected the formulation of the common EU policy towards the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), as well as the specifics of the process by which the EU created EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah. It answers two central questions: firstly, why and how did the EU decide to create and deploy these missions? Secondly, where do these two missions fit... Read more

1. Introduction

2. The EU Foreign Policy Formulation Process: Intergovernmentalism and Supra-Nationalism

3. The EU Foreign Policy Machinery: Who Does What and How?

4. A Never-Ending Story: The EU and the Middle East Conflict

5. Seeking a Role or Seeking Reform: EUPOL COPPS and the Palestinian Authority Security Sector Reform

6. Securing Borders, Securing Roles: EUBAM Rafah and the EU’s Role at the Gaza Border Crossing

7. In Search of Answers

Postscript: Whatever Happened to EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah?

Biography

Amr El-Sayed Nasr El-Din El-Sayed is a former DAAD scholar at Universität Osnabrück, Germany, where he earned his PhD. He is currently a Diplomat at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt.