by Joachim Koops

Recommendation to the European Union and the United Nations

The European Union has since the adoption of the European Security Strategy in December 2003 been promoting its new foreign policy philosophy of Effective Multilateralism: a rule-based international order with the United Nations at its core.

The EU has stressed the creation of its Battlegroups advances this goal. However, without a comprehensive coordination and cooperation effort with the UN’s already existing rapid reaction brigade SHIRBRIG, the EU’s development of autonomous Battlegroups may actually undermine the UN’s capacity and authority in crisis management rather than strengthen it.

OCGG Security Recommendation No 6 (PDF)