From EU battlegroups to Rapid Deployment Capacity: learning the right lessons?
The article uses the case of the development of the European Union Battlegroups to the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) to better understand the changing learning capacity of the EU in its military Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The article develops a theoretical framework to capture the...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 100; no. 1; pp. 181 - 202 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2024
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