NATURE, EMERGENCE, AND LIMITATIONS OF AN EU STRATEGIC CULTURE¹

TY - CHAP

T1 - NATURE, EMERGENCE, AND LIMITATIONS OF AN EU STRATEGIC CULTURE1

AU - Meyer, Christoph O.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Kerry M. Kartchner, Briana D. Bowen, and Jeannie L. Johnson; individual chapters, the contributors.

PY - 2023/1/1

Y1 - 2023/1/1

N2 - This chapter argues that strategic culture, whether at the level of society, political elites, or military organizations, transcends official strategy documents and planning papers even if the process and outcomes of strategy-writing helps to constitute, reaffirm, and occasionally also challenge and change ideas supported by such cultures. Meyer asserts that the hallmark of the European Union’s (EUs) emergent strategic culture is precisely its capability and drive to harness civilian tools for the purpose of safeguarding not just EU citizens’ security but also the human security of foreign citizens. The author concludes it is possible to identify elements of an evolving EU-specific strategic culture that is distinct from those of its member states, yet that is also clearly influenced and constrained by their respective strategic cultures. The chapter notes that with the departure of the UK from the EU, much will depend on the direction and speed of cultural change in Germany and the handling of future crises between the EU’s most capable powers.

AB - This chapter argues that strategic culture, whether at the level of society, political elites, or military organizations, transcends official strategy documents and planning papers even if the process and outcomes of strategy-writing helps to constitute, reaffirm, and occasionally also challenge and change ideas supported by such cultures. Meyer asserts that the hallmark of the European Union’s (EUs) emergent strategic culture is precisely its capability and drive to harness civilian tools for the purpose of safeguarding not just EU citizens’ security but also the human security of foreign citizens. The author concludes it is possible to identify elements of an evolving EU-specific strategic culture that is distinct from those of its member states, yet that is also clearly influenced and constrained by their respective strategic cultures. The chapter notes that with the departure of the UK from the EU, much will depend on the direction and speed of cultural change in Germany and the handling of future crises between the EU’s most capable powers.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85174758161

U2 - 10.4324/9781003010302-10

DO - 10.4324/9781003010302-10

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85174758161

SN - 9780367445485

SP - 106

EP - 120

BT - Routledge Handbook of Strategic Culture

PB - Taylor and Francis AS

ER -