ANAND MENON
King's College London, War Studies, Faculty Member
Despite the impact of September 11th, the European Union has, since that date, continued doggedly in its attempts to equip itself with a defence policy. Whatever the outcome of these efforts, the progress made recently towards that end... more
Despite the impact of September 11th, the European Union has, since that date, continued doggedly in its attempts to equip itself with a defence policy. Whatever the outcome of these efforts, the progress made recently towards that end has been impressive. No longer can critics (the current author included) simply dismiss the stated ambitions of Europeans to do more in the military sphere as mere rhetoric.
This article addresses claims regarding the limited legitimacy of international institutions. It argues that the two original appointed supranational institutions of the European Union play a crucial, if systematically underestimated,... more
This article addresses claims regarding the limited legitimacy of international institutions. It argues that the two original appointed supranational institutions of the European Union play a crucial, if systematically underestimated, role not merely in providing legitimacy for the Union itself, but also in shoring up that of its constituent member states. We illustrate that supranationalism enhances national legitimacy in functional, political and administrative terms.
The security policies of the European Union have in recent years become a central concern for researchers and policy-makers alike. A senior EU official has commented wryly that, whilst only around 200 officials actually 'do'the EU's... more
The security policies of the European Union have in recent years become a central concern for researchers and policy-makers alike. A senior EU official has commented wryly that, whilst only around 200 officials actually 'do'the EU's common security and defence policy (CSDP), 1 there appear to be many thousands of academics and students all over the world who engage in its study (Howorth, 2007, p. 4). Leading European officials regularly cite security policy as central to the role and purpose of contemporary European integration.
Patience is perhaps not the most prominent personal attribute of Nicolas Sarkozy. Perhaps happily, therefore, the French Presidency of the second half of 2008 was nothing if not eventful. Confronted immediately prior to its formal launch... more
Patience is perhaps not the most prominent personal attribute of Nicolas Sarkozy. Perhaps happily, therefore, the French Presidency of the second half of 2008 was nothing if not eventful. Confronted immediately prior to its formal launch with the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty on 12 June 2008, Paris subsequently had to deal not only with repercussions of the Russian invasion of Georgia, but also the disintegration of the international financial system following the collapse of Lehman Brothers on 15 September.
During the course of the last decade and a half, the EU's role in security affairs has expanded dramatically. Major international tensions—like prolonged negotiations with Iran over that country's nuclear ambitions—along with the prospect... more
During the course of the last decade and a half, the EU's role in security affairs has expanded dramatically. Major international tensions—like prolonged negotiations with Iran over that country's nuclear ambitions—along with the prospect of continued instability as the 'war on terror'continues to gather pace, all imply the need for such a role. So, too, does the absence of any other multilateral institution capable of coordinating the cross-sectoral panoply of European responses to these challenges.
Abstract The common security and defence policy (CSDP) represents an institutionalized attempt on the part of European Union Member States to respond to the security challenges they confront. As such, it is perhaps self-evident that... more
Abstract The common security and defence policy (CSDP) represents an institutionalized attempt on the part of European Union Member States to respond to the security challenges they confront. As such, it is perhaps self-evident that theoretical approaches that focus on the role of institutions in shaping social life should have something to say about its nature, role and impact.
Antitrust isa blunt instrument aimed at the wrong problem'. So say the authors of this provocative and contentious book, both of them well-known for providing antitrust support and training in many developing economies and for serving as... more
Antitrust isa blunt instrument aimed at the wrong problem'. So say the authors of this provocative and contentious book, both of them well-known for providing antitrust support and training in many developing economies and for serving as antitrust experts on behalf of private parties targeted by antitrust authorities.
This piece introduces the concept of sustainable peacebuilding and briefly examines the growing involvement of NATO in peacebuilding operations. It also previews the empirical articles in this special section, explaining how they advance... more
This piece introduces the concept of sustainable peacebuilding and briefly examines the growing involvement of NATO in peacebuilding operations. It also previews the empirical articles in this special section, explaining how they advance our understanding of the challenges faced by NATO in its peacebuilding efforts.
Any account of EU defence and foreign policies is inseparable from a discussion of the desire on the part of national governments to retain control over these sectors and the resultant dangers of dissensus. Indeed, these are arguably the... more
Any account of EU defence and foreign policies is inseparable from a discussion of the desire on the part of national governments to retain control over these sectors and the resultant dangers of dissensus. Indeed, these are arguably the sectors that best exemplify the tension highlighted by the editors of this volume. On the one hand, a context of intensifying interdependence makes it increasingly difficult for even the largest member states to pursue purely national policies.
Above and beyond their shared interest in India's place within its region, both authors are also anxious to emphasize the limits of rationalist approaches to foreign policy. Their alternative explanations take slightly different forms.... more
Above and beyond their shared interest in India's place within its region, both authors are also anxious to emphasize the limits of rationalist approaches to foreign policy. Their alternative explanations take slightly different forms. For Jain, “congenital antagonism” (xvii) can be explained in terms of the concept of 'geopsychology' This describes a situation in which a combination of perceptions, images, belief systems, prejudice and historical experience shape foreign policy behaviour (4).
Información del artículo You thought we've got an EU single market? Think again!: (Commentary by Roger Helmer).
Tom Dyson has written an interesting and theoretically sophisticated book that serves two major purposes. First, it provides a detailed and convincing account of the development of military policy in France, Germany and the United... more
Tom Dyson has written an interesting and theoretically sophisticated book that serves two major purposes. First, it provides a detailed and convincing account of the development of military policy in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Second, it deploys an enormous amount of rich empirical information to test competing explanations of the determinants of national strategic postures.
This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the history, functioning and nature of the European integration. Written by a selection of leading scholars. It covers the major institutions, policies, and events in the... more
This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the history, functioning and nature of the European integration. Written by a selection of leading scholars. It covers the major institutions, policies, and events in the history of integration, whilst also providing a guide to the major theoretical approaches that have been used to study it over time.
[From the Introduction]. The current paper does not dispute that approaches from Comparative Government can bring added value to the study of the EU. Nor is its intention to suggest that comparisons between the EU and nation states... more
[From the Introduction]. The current paper does not dispute that approaches from Comparative Government can bring added value to the study of the EU. Nor is its intention to suggest that comparisons between the EU and nation states perform no useful function–quite the contrary. Rather, it argues that, in order to gain a full understanding of the European Union, observers must be conscious of the specific–international–nature of the politics that occurs within it.
Defence is a policy sector central to international relations. If war and conflict lie at the heart of traditional, Realist analyses of interstate relations, this derives in no small part from the claim that states are continually putting... more
Defence is a policy sector central to international relations. If war and conflict lie at the heart of traditional, Realist analyses of interstate relations, this derives in no small part from the claim that states are continually putting themselves in a position of readiness to wage such wars and triumph in conflict.
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DI-fusion, le Dépôt institutionnel numérique de l'ULB, est l'outil de référencementde la production scientifique de l'ULB.L'interface de recherche DI-fusion permet de consulter les publications des chercheurs de l'ULB et les thèses qui y... more
DI-fusion, le Dépôt institutionnel numérique de l'ULB, est l'outil de référencementde la production scientifique de l'ULB.L'interface de recherche DI-fusion permet de consulter les publications des chercheurs de l'ULB et les thèses qui y ont été défendues.
European Security has become a hot topic amongst students of international relations and the European Union alike. As one senior EU official is reported as saying (Howorth, p. 4), whilst only around 200 officials actually 'do'the EU's... more
European Security has become a hot topic amongst students of international relations and the European Union alike. As one senior EU official is reported as saying (Howorth, p. 4), whilst only around 200 officials actually 'do'the EU's European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), there appear to be many thousands of academics and students all over the world who engage in study of the subject. These two books represent arguably the most significant recent contributions to this burgeoning academic literature.
Abstract: While the relationship between widening and deepening is a central concern of many EU scholars, most analysis of this relationship remains ad hoc and atheoretical. This paper presents an institutionalist account of the... more
Abstract: While the relationship between widening and deepening is a central concern of many EU scholars, most analysis of this relationship remains ad hoc and atheoretical. This paper presents an institutionalist account of the conditions under which widening either impedes or encourages deepening. We argue that the impact of widening on deepening depends on the position of the enlargement state relative to the preference distributions of existing member states.
Our assumption in this article is that sustainable peace operations require the involvement of organizations and institutions that are themselves sustainable. We begin by presenting a set of propositions regarding the sustainability of... more
Our assumption in this article is that sustainable peace operations require the involvement of organizations and institutions that are themselves sustainable. We begin by presenting a set of propositions regarding the sustainability of international institutions in which the capacity for adaptation and incremental change are centrally important. We then examine these propositions in relation to NATO, paying particular attention to the ways in which the alliance has taken on both new roles and new members.
This, the third book in The State and European Union series, considers the way in which the European Union has affected authonomy in macroeconomic policy-making of the four larger member states: Britain, Germany, Italy and France. The... more
This, the third book in The State and European Union series, considers the way in which the European Union has affected authonomy in macroeconomic policy-making of the four larger member states: Britain, Germany, Italy and France. The contributors, consisting of political scientists and economists, analyse how EU actions have affected the attitudes and strategies of key national and international actors, such as political elites, national bureaucracies, financial markets and central banks.
This article applies a public policy instrumentation approach to two instruments of EU security policy–civilian crisis management and enlargement conditionality. Both have come to be portrayed, by policy-makers and observers alike, as... more
This article applies a public policy instrumentation approach to two instruments of EU security policy–civilian crisis management and enlargement conditionality. Both have come to be portrayed, by policy-makers and observers alike, as deliberate and efficient responses to specific policy challenges. Our analysis of the processes behind their adoption challenges such claims.
Institutionalist theories of politics emphasise the role institutions play in inducing stability. The Institutionalist lexicon is replete with terms such as 'path dependence'and 'lock-in,'intended to convey resistance to change. Insofar... more
Institutionalist theories of politics emphasise the role institutions play in inducing stability. The Institutionalist lexicon is replete with terms such as 'path dependence'and 'lock-in,'intended to convey resistance to change. Insofar as institutionalists do address change, they do so in terms of sporadic moments of dramatic change brought about by factors exogenous to their theoretical framework. The paper challenges such claims, on the basis of a study of the development of the European Union's security policies.
Anand Menon est directeur de l'Institut de Recherche européen et professeur de politique européenne à l'Université de Birmingham. Il est également président de EuropeanAnalysis. com. Ses publications récentes portent sur le Royaume-Uni et... more
Anand Menon est directeur de l'Institut de Recherche européen et professeur de politique européenne à l'Université de Birmingham. Il est également président de EuropeanAnalysis. com. Ses publications récentes portent sur le Royaume-Uni et l'intégration européenne: Views from Within, Blackwells, 2004, et sur le fédéralisme comparatif: The European Union and the United States (en collaboration avec Martin Schain) OUP, 2006 (à paraître).
Résumé La coordination intra-étatique qui préside à l'élaboration des politiques européennes constitue un sujet d'intérêt croissant, tant pour les responsables politiques que pour les observateurs universitaires. Cet article entend... more
Résumé La coordination intra-étatique qui préside à l'élaboration des politiques européennes constitue un sujet d'intérêt croissant, tant pour les responsables politiques que pour les observateurs universitaires. Cet article entend contribuer au débat grandissant sur le thème de la formation des politiques européennes (policy making) au sein des États-membres, à partir de l'analyse d'une dimension spécifique du processus de coordination de la politique européenne de la France? la coordination nationale à Bruxelles.
The European Parliament has failed to fulfil its core function, namely to ensure the democratic legitimacy of the EU. This may seem a stark conclusion. After all, the Parliament is the one EU institution that has seen its powers grow... more
The European Parliament has failed to fulfil its core function, namely to ensure the democratic legitimacy of the EU. This may seem a stark conclusion. After all, the Parliament is the one EU institution that has seen its powers grow steadily over the last 20 years. The Lisbon treaty has continued and accelerated this trend. In most fields, the EP is now a co-equal legislator with the Council of Ministers (which represents the national governments). And MEPs have not been shy of exercising their prerogatives.
[Executive Summary]. The following report discusses ways of enhancing the EU's effectiveness and impact as an international actor in the light of debates currently taking place within the Convention. Its central recommendations can be... more
[Executive Summary]. The following report discusses ways of enhancing the EU's effectiveness and impact as an international actor in the light of debates currently taking place within the Convention. Its central recommendations can be briefly summarised: 1. Clarify and discard the more extreme variants of arguments pressing for a significant EU military capability. 2. Create a Commissioner for External Affairs to whom other Commissioners responsible for discreet aspects of this portfolio would report. 3.
The European Union (EU) represents the most ambitious experiment in institutionalized interstate cooperation in the world. 1 So extensive are its areas of competence, and so developed its institutional structures, that scholars have... more
The European Union (EU) represents the most ambitious experiment in institutionalized interstate cooperation in the world. 1 So extensive are its areas of competence, and so developed its institutional structures, that scholars have increasingly come to study it as if it were state-like. The academic literature on the EU has, in recent years, increasingly drawn on the analytical tools employed by students of domestic institutions in their attempts to theorize about the EU.
Recent actions in Libya have shown Europe's reliance on the United States to support military actions that have a European interest. And while the UK's reaction to massive cuts to defence spending has been to forge a closer relationship... more
Recent actions in Libya have shown Europe's reliance on the United States to support military actions that have a European interest. And while the UK's reaction to massive cuts to defence spending has been to forge a closer relationship with France, Anand Menon argues that it is Europe as a whole must collaborate much more closely in defence procurement and operations if it is to exert independent influence over international security affairs.
There is widespread talk of a crisis in the European Union, much of it engendered by the events of last summer. Just weeks after the French and Dutch rejections of the European Constitution, EU budget talks stalled as the French and... more
There is widespread talk of a crisis in the European Union, much of it engendered by the events of last summer. Just weeks after the French and Dutch rejections of the European Constitution, EU budget talks stalled as the French and British locked horns. Even the EU's cheerleaders seemed to throw in the towel. Commission President Barosso declared that the EU was facing a 'permanent crisis', while Jean Claude Juncker, then holder of the EU's rotating Presidency, warned that the Union was in 'deep crisis'.
The European Union is the polar case of regional integration, formed by countries that adhere voluntarily to a regional exercise. In the fifty years since its inception, it has far outstripped other instances of such integration in terms... more
The European Union is the polar case of regional integration, formed by countries that adhere voluntarily to a regional exercise. In the fifty years since its inception, it has far outstripped other instances of such integration in terms not only of its scope-extending to every area of public policy, including highly sensitive sectors such as defence, monetary policy, and immigration–but also the degree to which the member states have agreed to delegate authority and pool sovereignty in their attempts to work collaboratively.
Abstract The European Union is frequently held up as an example of the potential of international institutions to transform international politics „beyond the nation state‟. Students of international organization frequently refer to the... more
Abstract The European Union is frequently held up as an example of the potential of international institutions to transform international politics „beyond the nation state‟. Students of international organization frequently refer to the EU as the most advanced such body and to its institutions as amongst the most powerful and independent to be found in world politics.
The dust has yet to settle fully on the Intergovernmental Conference that ended so ignominiously in Brussels last December. And, of course, the debate over the European Union's constitutional future will now drag on–some are saying into... more
The dust has yet to settle fully on the Intergovernmental Conference that ended so ignominiously in Brussels last December. And, of course, the debate over the European Union's constitutional future will now drag on–some are saying into 2005–as the member states attempt to agree on a new constitutional treaty.