Building Europe’s strategic culture through securitization : Operation Atalanta and the European Union Maritime Security Strategy
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2014
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This thesis analyses the processes of securitization that led to the European
Union’s decision to establish Operation Atalanta as an anti-piracy measure, and
the affects of this mission on the European strategic culture. This thesis is
inspired by a desire to understand and explore the role of interests groups on
the conduct and development of European Union foreign policy. The central
research question of this thesis is “To what extent is Operation Atalanta the result
of a process of securitization, and what effect has Operation Atalanta had on the
development of the European Union’s strategic culture, as evidenced by the European
Union Maritime Security Strategy?”.
In this thesis I argue two major points. Firstly I argue that securitizing
speech acts by the international shipping industry have led to the successful
securitization of the issue of Somali piracy, eventually leading to the
establishment of Operation Atalanta, the EU’s anti-piracy mission off the Horn
of Africa. Secondly I argue that Operation Atalanta has played a major role in
shaping the EU’s strategic culture. Atalanta’s lasting impact on EU security
thinking can be found in the EU’s latest strategic culture document, the EU
Maritime Security Strategy (2014).
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen