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The evolution of the European Union’s failed approach to Afghanistan

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Hassan, Oz (2020) The evolution of the European Union’s failed approach to Afghanistan. European Security, 29 (1). pp. 74-95. doi:10.1080/09662839.2019.1679773

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2019.1679773

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Abstract

This article provides a genealogical account of European actorness in Afghanistan. It argues that European agreement towards facilitating modernisation and development in Afghanistan was initiated with aid and trade, evolving into humanitarianism in the 1990s, and reconstruction and democratisation in the 2000s. The European Union has had a positive impact on Afghanistan, focusing on humanitarianism, but its multilateral and programme level approach to reconstruction and democratisation has failed to meet the EU’s stated objectives. By promoting the flawed “Bonn Model”, the EU is proportionally culpable for failed international attempts to reconstruct Afghanistan; even though the United States has been the primary international actor. Drawing a series of broader lessons, such as tensions between Atlantic solidarity and European integration, and the limitations of the European crisis management, the article demonstrates how European policy has been shaped by crises inside Afghanistan and the larger geopolitical crises these have generated. These have contemporary importance as history suggests that as the US withdraws its commitment to Afghanistan, the EU will have a very significant role in attempting to fill a humanitarian vacuum.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): European Union -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan, Humanitarianism, Europe -- Relations -- Afghanistan, Afghanistan -- Relations -- Europe, National security -- European Union countries, Democracy -- Afghanistan
Journal or Publication Title: European Security
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0966-2839
Official Date: 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
2020Published
21 October 2019Available
9 October 2019Accepted
Volume: 29
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 74-95
DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2019.1679773
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Security on 21/10/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09662839.2019.1679773
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
225722FP7 Coordination of Non-Community Research Programmeshttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011271
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