Adaptation, Projection, or Convergence? The Europeanization of Defense and the EUFOR Chad/CAR Intervention

This research applies the concept of Europeanisation to the EU Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) in order to argue that the latter’s articulation with member states’ defense policies stems from a simultaneous move of projection and adaptation of national policies. This logic of europeanisation is illustrated by a comparative study of French and Irish involvement in the military intervention EUFOR Chad/Central African Republic: While France increasingly places its security policy towards Africa in a multilateral framework, Ireland is giving up parts of the constitutive elements of its neutrality policy.