title: European Union missions in the Eastern Partnership region
abstract: The European Union has long aspired for a leading role in peacekeeping operations, conflict prevention and the strengthening of international security. It actively engages in crisis management and peace building efforts to pursue security and stability, while promoting multilateralism and the respect of democratic values. To this end, the CSDP provides the Union with the operational capacity to deploy both civilian missions and military operations. Since 2003, the EU has conducted more than 30 C
journal: Papers from the International Scientific Conference of the European Studies Department Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Faculty of Philosophy at Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”