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Title EU Policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Try and Fail?
Full text https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/7155430; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7155430; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/7155430/file/7155436
Date 2016
Author(s) Arnould, Valerie; Vlassenroot, Koen
Abstract This paper argues that even though EU policies in the DRC integrated different components of human security ' namely human rights protection, the restoration of law and order, and effective multilateralism ' in practice these policies have had mixed success in realizing the objective of human security. This can be explained by three main reasons: (i) EU policies are based on a number of premises about how peace and human security can best be achieved, but these premises are overly simplistic, and in most cases tend to overlook or are disconnected from complexities on the ground; (ii) since the end of the transition in 2006, the EU saw its influence as dominant diplomatic and conflict management actor gradually weakening, and has focused on its role as a development actor, with a specific focus on the implementation of technical projects rather than on the development of a strategic policy on the DRC; and (iii) there is a general lack of political will from Congolese state authorities to engage with donor strategies and to support initiatives that promote a genuine national reform.
Subject(s) Law and Political Science
Language eng
Publisher Security in transition
Type of publication misc; info:eu-repo/semantics/report; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Rights I have retained and own the full copyright for this publication; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Repository Gent - University of Gent
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