From Decision to Action in the European Security and Defence Policy DIIS Brief on how decisions are taken to launch ESDP Crisis operations Annika Björkdahl and Maria Strömvik have written a DIIS Brief on how decisions to launch peace support operations are taken in the ESDP. The Brief challenges conventional assumptions about a long-drawn out decision-making process, and reveals how the processes are sometimes more fluid and involving fewer formalized steps than a first glance would indicate. |

