On Monday 13 November, the EU Council asked High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini to present a forward-looking concept paper, by early 2018, on civilian common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions.
This paper"should assess, how civilian CSDP should further contribute concretely to addressing the new and longstanding security challenges", the conclusions adopted by the Council state. The paper should analyse where civilian...