Readings: - Civilian crisis management: the EU way, Agnieszka Nowak (ed.), Chaillot Paper no.90, EU ISS: Paris, 2006 - EU Security and Defence Policy. The first five years (1999-2004), Nicole Gnesotto (ed.), EU ISS: Paris, 2004 - Simon Duke, Sophie Vanhoonacker, 'Administrative Governance in the CFSP: Development and Practice', European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol.11, No.2 (Summer 2006), pp.163-182 - Ana Juncos, Charles Reynolds, 'The Political and Security Committee: Governing in the Shadows', European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol.12, No.2 (Summer 2007), pp.127-147 - Bastian Giegerich, William Wallace, 'Not Such a Soft Power: The External Deployment of European Forces', Survival, Vol.46, No.2 (Summer 2004), pp.163-182 - International Crisis Group, EU Crisis Response Capability Revisited (Europe Report 160), ICG: Brussels, 2005 Students are also advised to consult the ESDP webpage of the Council of the EU, especially Fact Sheets on ESDP missions and various examples of Joint Actions and other legal instruments Further reading material will be distributed during the semester and in class