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Civil-Military Synergy at Operational Level in EU External Action
Since the Nice European Council meeting held in 2000, civil-military synergies have become a serious goal of the EU's approach to crisis management and peacebuilding.
This report navigates the conceptual fuzziness surrounding the term ‘civil-military synergy' at strategic and operational levels in the EU. The report is based on secondary data collected through an extensive phase of desk-based research, as well as empirical data which has been collected during a series of face-to-face engagements with practitioners of civil and military backgrounds, including those who have served in EU CSDP missions, individual country level peace missions and multinational peace operations.
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The report puts forward key recommendations for effective civil-military synergies at the operational level in EU external missions. It also offers suggestions on how to operationalise these main recommendations and provides steps the EU should take to foster civil-military synergies at the operational level.
See the full report here.
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