Common Security and Defence Policy

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European Union foreign and security policy instrument European Union security and defence policy framework intergovernmental security and defence cooperation mechanism

The Common Security and Defence Policy is the European Union’s framework for joint military and civilian security operations, enabling member states to conduct crisis management, peacekeeping, and defense-related missions abroad.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Union Common Security and Defence Policy	6
European Security and Defence Policy	3
Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union	3
European Union defence structures	3
EU Common Security and Defence Policy missions	2
European Union military structures	2
CSDP	1
Common Foreign and Security Policy	1
Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar	1
Common Security and Defence Policy bodies	1
Common Security and Defence Policy missions	1
Common Security and Defence Policy provisions	1
EU crisis-management doctrine	1
European Security and Defence Policy in the Lisbon Treaty	1
European Union external action	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union foreign and security policy instrument ⓘ European Union security and defence policy framework ⓘ intergovernmental security and defence cooperation mechanism ⓘ
abbreviation	Common Security and Defence Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CSDP ESDP ⓘ
adopted	1999 ⓘ
appliesTo	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Union member states
characteristic	intergovernmental decision-making ⓘ no standing EU army ⓘ
cooperatesWith	NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
coordinatedBy	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
decisionMakingBody	Council of the European Union ⓘ
enables	capacity-building missions in third countries ⓘ conflict prevention missions ⓘ joint civilian crisis management missions ⓘ joint military operations ⓘ peacekeeping missions abroad ⓘ post-conflict stabilisation missions ⓘ training missions for partner countries ⓘ
formerName	Common Security and Defence Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Security and Defence Policy
geographicalScope	operations outside the territory of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Articles 42–46 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on European Union ⓘ surface form: Title V of the Treaty on European Union Treaty on European Union ⓘ
missionType	civilian mission ⓘ civil–military mission ⓘ military mission ⓘ
objective	contribute to international peace and security ⓘ strengthen the European Union’s ability to manage international crises ⓘ support the United Nations ⓘ
partOf	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ
policyArea	crisis management ⓘ defence policy ⓘ peacekeeping ⓘ security policy ⓘ
policyInstrument	Civilian CSDP Compact ⓘ EU Battlegroups ⓘ European Defence Fund ⓘ Permanent Structured Cooperation ⓘ
relatedConcept	European Defence Union ⓘ strategic autonomy of the European Union ⓘ
reliesOn	military and civilian capabilities of member states ⓘ
renamedFrom	Common Security and Defence Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Security and Defence Policy in the Lisbon Treaty
requires	unanimity in the Council for operational decisions ⓘ
supportedBy	European Union agencies ⓘ surface form: European Defence Agency European External Action Service ⓘ European Union Military Staff ⓘ Political and Security Committee ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Common Security and Defence Policy → abbreviation → Common Security and Defence Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSDP

Armed Forces of Luxembourg → alliance → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union Common Security and Defence Policy

German Navy → alliance → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union Common Security and Defence Policy

Italian Armed Forces → alliance → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union Common Security and Defence Policy

French Armed Forces → allianceMemberOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union Common Security and Defence Policy

European Peace Facility for military operations → appliesTo → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

Belgian Ministry of Defence → cooperatesWith → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union defence structures

Western European Armaments Group → coordinatedWith → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union defence structures

Ministry of National Defence of Poland → coordinatesWith → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union defence structures

Treaty on European Union → createdPillar → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar

European Union crisis management operations → developedFrom → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Security and Defence Policy

Common Security and Defence Policy → formerName → Common Security and Defence Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Security and Defence Policy

EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina → framework → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

subject surface form: EUFOR Althea

this entity surface form: European Union Common Security and Defence Policy

European integration → hasKeyFramework → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

Petersberg Declaration → influenced → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Security and Defence Policy

Petersberg Tasks → influenced → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU crisis-management doctrine

EU Battlegroups → legalBasis → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Security and Defence Policy provisions

EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina → legalBasis → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

subject surface form: EUFOR Althea

this entity surface form: Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union

EUAM Ukraine → legalFramework → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union

Italian Navy → memberOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union military structures

Spanish Armed Forces → memberOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union military structures

Political and Security Committee → memberOfCategory → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Security and Defence Policy bodies

Crisis Management and Planning Directorate → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EU Battlegroups → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EU Member States armed forces → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUBAM Rafah → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUCAP Sahel Mali → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EULEX Kosovo → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUMM Georgia → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUNAVFOR Atalanta → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUNAVFOR MED IRINI → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUTM Mali → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union

European Union crisis management operations → partOf → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

La Défense → participatesIn → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU Common Security and Defence Policy missions

Portuguese Army → participatesIn → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU Common Security and Defence Policy missions

Spanish Armed Forces → participatesIn → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Security and Defence Policy missions

European Peace Facility for military operations → policyArea → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union external action

Political and Security Committee → policyArea → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUBAM Libya → policyFramework → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EUCAP Sahel Niger → policyFramework → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

Petersberg Tasks → relatedTo → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

Common Security and Defence Policy → renamedFrom → Common Security and Defence Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Security and Defence Policy in the Lisbon Treaty

Western European Union → replacedBy → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union Common Security and Defence Policy

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → responsibleFor → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

EU Member States armed forces → supportsPolicy → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

European Union crisis management operations → supportsPolicy → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Foreign and Security Policy

Crisis Management and Planning Directorate → usesInstrument → Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ