Report on EU approach to crises and conflict

Reports task is to trace and assess the evolution of the EUs approach to crises and conflict and thus flesh out JOINTs conceptualisation of EUFSP as multilayer It will review the main concepts that have driven EU efforts to make its action on the ground more effective ranging from the comprehensive approach of the early 2000s to the integrated approach introduced by the EUGS The report will uncover the underlying reasoning behind these conceptual changes and assess the extent to which such concepts have been operationalised The report will consider how EU policymakers have factored inrelations with external players when devising EU approaches to crises and conflicts