Managing Transboundary Crises: The Emergence of European Union Capacity

The European Union (EU) has modest but promising capacities to assist member states overwhelmed by disaster through its Civil Protection Mechanism. The EU also routinely sends civil and military missions to hotspots outside EU territory. But these capacities do not suffice in the face of transbounda...

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Published in:Journal of contingencies and crisis management Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 131 - 142
Main Authors: Boin, Arjen, Rhinard, Mark, Ekengren, Magnus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2014
Subjects:
Borders
Contingency planning
Crises
Crisis Intervention
Crisis management
Disaster relief
Disasters
Economic Crises
Economic crisis
Emergency preparedness
Epidemics
European Union
Floods
International collaboration
Internet
Management development programmes
Management of crises
Nation states
Natural Disasters
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Studies
Terrorism
Threats
Unions
Europe
ISSN:0966-0879, 1468-5973, 1468-5973
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Summary:The European Union (EU) has modest but promising capacities to assist member states overwhelmed by disaster through its Civil Protection Mechanism. The EU also routinely sends civil and military missions to hotspots outside EU territory. But these capacities do not suffice in the face of transboundary crises: threats that cross geographical and policy borders within the Union. Examples include epidemics, financial crises, floods, and cyber terrorism. Nation states cannot cope with these threats without international collaboration. In this article, we explore the EU's efforts to develop transboundary crisis management capacities. We describe these budding capacities, explain their policy origins, and explore their future potential.
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ISSN:0966-0879
1468-5973
1468-5973
DOI:10.1111/1468-5973.12052