The Future of Security and Defence in the EU Post-Brexit: the Leap to Integration

  • José Luis de Castro Ruano Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
  • Diego Borrajo Valiña Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-60-2019pp187-217
Keywords: Common Security and Defence Policy, Security and Defence, Crisis, Brexit

Abstract

In this paper we analyse the latest developments in the European Union in terms of security and defence; and we reflect on the evolution of this field in the EU post-Brexit. Paradoxically, after the EU referendum in the UK for the abandonment of the Union in 2016, the EU has implemented many innovative initiatives in the field of security and defence which, although contemplated in the Treaty of Lisbon, had not been able to materialise precisely because of the British opposition. The relevance of these initiatives leads us to venture that we are in the dawn of the emergence of a Union of Security and Defence that implies the leap to integration in this area of special relevance that concerns us in this paper.

Received: 20 December 2018
Accepted: 29 January 2019
Published online: 30 April 2019

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Author Biographies

José Luis de Castro Ruano, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
Profesor Titular de Relaciones Internacionales UPV/EHU y Cátedra Jean Monnet
Diego Borrajo Valiña, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
Investigador postdoctoral UPV/EHU
Published
2019-04-30
How to Cite
de Castro Ruano, José Luis, and Diego Borrajo Valiña. 2019. “The Future of Security and Defence in the EU Post-Brexit: The Leap to Integration”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 60 (April), 187-217. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-60-2019pp187-217.
Issue
No. 60 (2019): Refounding the European Project
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