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Civilian Dimension of International Crisis Management in Spain:commitments, alternatives and advantages

22/02/2006 By Juan Garrigues, Luis Peral, Gabriel Reyes

Just as peacekeeping operations have contributed to the overseas projection of a State’s military capabilities for helping the populations of another State, peacebuilding operations must involve the external projection of its civilian capabilities to the same end.

The general trend within the EU, the OSCE and the UN, is to increase the civilian component of crisis management operations, which requires an active cooperation from the States involved.

The most developed democratic States have started developing civilian instruments and mechanisms for international crisis management. The alternatives include coordination, advice and analysis bodies, rosters and lists of experts, as well as specific training institutes and programmes for civilians that could be deployed within the framework of international crisis management operations.

This paper explores the possibilities and challenges for the creation and deployment of civilian capabilities for international crisis management in Spain.

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Keywords

Civil Military Relations Conflict resolution Diplomacy EU Foreign Policy Europe European Union Peacekeeping Spain

Bio author: Juan Garrigues

Juan Garrigues holds a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and an MA in International Studies from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Bio author: Luis Peral

Luis Peral is PhD in Law, MA in Law of the European Union, MA in Law, BA in Political Sciences, with specialisation in International Relations (Universities Complutense and Carlos III of Madrid), and Diploma in English Law (University of Kent, Canterbury, UK). He has collaborated with FRIDE as Researcher and currently works as Director of the Conflict Prevention and Resolution programme at the Toledo International Centre for Peace. He also works at the Centre for Constitutional Studies of the Ministry of the Presidency under the Ramón y Cajal Research Programme of the Spanish Government, and is Senior Research Fellow at FRIDE.

Bio author: Gabriel Reyes

Gabriel Reyes holds degrees from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid), Cardiff Law School and King’s College London (Department of War Studies, and Law School). At CITpax, he his desk officer for the conflict prevention and resolution programme.