HANDBOOK ON CSDP
7.3. INTERNAL-EXTERNAL SECURITY NEXUS: CSDP-JHA COOPERATION
European Union
by Crista Huisman
Nowadays, EU missions and operations are increasingly embedded in a wider EU approach.
In response to the EU’s neighbourhood and beyond becoming increasingly unstable, work is ongoing to strengthen the internal-external security nexus. The tasks of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions/operations and Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies have grown closer: Europol, Eurojust, CEPOL and especially the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) increasingly operate outside EU borders, while CSDP has taken on tasks that also include EU security interests such as irregular migration, counter-terrorism and organised crime. Whilst most missions and operations already cooperate in
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some form with JHA agencies, a more structured approach is needed to increase synergies, based on their respective focus and background.
CSDP-JHA COOPERATION: WIN-WIN The benefits of cooperation are clear for both instruments. CSDP missions and operations, whilst deployed outside the EU, inter alia assist partner countries to improve the effectiveness of their law enforcement, judiciary, border management procedures and military capability to