EU Security Sector Reform Requires Revision to Achieve and Maintain Its Goals
EU Security Sector Reform Requires Revision to Achieve and Maintain Its Goals

Author(s): Beata Górka-Winter
Subject(s): Governance, Security and defense, Military policy, Studies in violence and power
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: European Union; security sector reform; army; police; intelligence services; preventing violence and terrorism;
Summary/Abstract: In recent years, the European Union has been increasingly active in promoting the idea of security sector reform. To date, the EU has launched a number of operations within the CSDP framework that have been devoted entirely to the implementation of it, mostly in African countries. Among the tasks of these missions has been to implement good governance rules, reconstruct the country’s security institutions (army, police, intelligence services and the like) and create mechanisms to prevent violence towards the most vulnerable groups. Despite the EU’s institutional and financial efforts, the achievements of these missions are rather modest and have little or no influence on the capabilities of these countries to protect their citizens from violence.

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