The Maritime Dimension of European Security Seapower and the European Union
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To Bryony Contents List of Figures and Tables viii Preface ix List of Acronyms xi Introduction 1 1 Seapower and International Relations 5 2 The (Critical) Geopolitics of Seapower 19 3 Naval Forces as Vectors of Seapower 33 4 Beyond National Security – Maritime Power and Forces Projection 51 5 Maritime Security and Safety – Securing, Policing, and Protecting the Seas 73 6 The Elements of the EU’s Seapower 91 7 The Naval and Maritime Dimension of the EU 105 8 The EU’s Geopolitical Discourse 127 9 The EU’s Maritime Frontier: The Concept 143 10 The EU’s Maritime Frontier: The Practice 153 Conclusion: The Future of the EU’s Seapower: Cruising the Seven Seas? 191 Notes 197 Bibliography 199 Index 219 List of Figures and Tables Figures 3.1 Trinity of naval functions 40 3.2 Military subfunctions 41 3.3 Naval strategy as a method 47 4.1 Evolution of the security index and the projection of security 53 5.1 Three components of maritime security 89 6.1 The geographical extent of the EU’s maritime and land borders 92 6.2 SLOCs most relevant to the EU 93 6.3 EU member states’ main overseas naval bases and foreign-hosted facilities 96 8.1 The EU’s projection strategy 139 8.2 The EU’s concentric geopolitics 140 9.1 The EU’s exercise of power via its maritime margins 150 10.1 The EU and the ‘global maritime frontier’ 188 C.1 Maritime security and sustainable development 194 Tables 1.1 The post-Cold War security matrix 13 1.2 The maritime dimension of security and its four components 15 2.1 Geographical factors influencing seapower 20 2.2 Maritime geopolitics subdiscourses 28 4.1 Maritime projection operations 58 6.1 EU–US–China naval assets: quantitative comparison – 2014 95 9.1 The role and security value of the EU’s borders and frontiers 148 viii Preface Eight years ago I was invited by Professor Anne Deighton to present a paper at a conference hosted by the European Union Institute for Security Studies, whose objective was to assess the EU’s global security actorness. My paper, titled ‘The Naval and Maritime Dimension of the European Union’, discussed the importance of seapower for the Union’s security and defence policy. It is fair to say that at the time I was prob- ably the first ever scholar to discuss such a topic; indeed, the Council of the EU had barely mentioned the possible use of naval components during European Security and Defence Policy (now CSDP) opera- tions. My paper was nonetheless well received and I continued on this research path. The subject attracted attention in 2008 when the Council of the EU launched counter-piracy operation Atalanta at the Horn of Africa, which prompted me, in May 2009, to present a paper at the University of Cambridge advocating the need for the EU to define a proper Maritime Security Strategy. This was probably the first time that concrete elements for an EU Maritime Security Strategy were discussed in detail. At the time of writing, the Union has become a rather well-established naval and maritime actor, carrying out counter-piracy and maritime capacity-building operations and actively dealing with maritime safety, fisheries protection, port security, maritime surveillance, and counter- immigration at sea. Its policies, mechanisms and activities related to the maritime domain are now backed by a Maritime Security Strategy, which was eventually adopted by the Council in June 2014. In an age of uncertainties influenced by information technologies and the network- ing of societies, the maritime domain remains the main global lane of communication, which is vital for trade and security. The EU is thus at a crossroads; it has the necessary strategy and mechanisms to become a global maritime security actor (or even a sea Power), but the deci- sion remains in the hands of member states. Will they devote enough resources to enable Europe to act as a true global maritime power? Will they seize the opportunity the EU offers to pool resources, which is the only way for Europe to remain in a position to influence the destiny of the global maritime domain? ix x Preface This book describes the trends in maritime strategy and seapower politics as well as recent developments in the field, at both conceptual and practical levels. It thus aims at providing readers with the necessary tools to make up their mind about the EU’s potential as a global mari- time actor as well as the need for it to become a sea Power.