The European Union and human security : external interventions and missions / edited by Mary Martin and Mary Kaldor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The AMM and the transition from conflict to peace in Aceh, 2005-2006 / Kirsten E. Schulze -- The EU response to the Asian tsunami and the need for a human security approach / Marlies Glasius -- The European Union in the Democratic Republic of Congo : a force for good? / Mary Martin -- Human insecurity in Lebanon : consequences of war and prospects for peace / Mary Kaldor and Geneviève Schméder -- The deterioration of human security in Palestine / Mient Jan Faber and Mary Kaldor -- Intervention and independence in Kosovo : the EULEX rule of law mission / Senad Sabovic -- Crossing boundaries : the European Union Monitoring Mission to Georgia / Mary Martin -- A human security strategy for Afghanistan : what role for the EU? / Marika Theros.

This edited book examines European external interventions in human security, in order to illustrate the evolution and nature of the European Union as a global political actor. In 2003, the EU deployed its first external mission under the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) with a military force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Since then it has instigated over 18 civilian and military missions to deal with humanitarian crises all over the world. This book presents a series of eight case studies of external interventions by the EU covering the Balkans, Africa, the Middle East, Afghanistan and Indonesia, to illustrate the nature of the EU as a global actor. Using the concept of human security to assess the effectiveness of these missions in meeting the EU{u2019}s aim of being a {u2018}force for good in the world{u2019}, this study addresses two key issues: the need for an empirical assessment of EU foreign and security policies based on EU intervention in conflict and post-conflict situations and the idea of 'human security' and how this is applied in European foreign policy.