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by Christian Mölling
ISN: CSS Analyses in Security Policies, Vol. 3, No. 28, February 2008
The Treaty of Lisbon, if ratified, comprises a series of innovations designed to increase the coherence and capabilities of the EU as a security actor. Besides several institutional changes, there are also new substantive concepts, such as the protocol on "permanent structured cooperation". Moreover, security cooperation is being relabeled. It will be known no longer as the "European" but as the "Common Security and Defense Policy" (CSDP), which signifies a new level of ambition. However, major characteristics remain unchanged, and the impact of the reforms may be rather limited.
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