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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • EU Institutional Structure
    • Knowledge Management
    01 February 2026

    End of Mission: Reinventing Closure and Transition Processes in EU Civilian CSDP
    This analysis from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute looks at political and operational problems artificially prolonging civilian CSDP missions and eroding the importance of mission impact. Using lessons from past mission closures and the UN, useful guidance can be found for Member State representatives, EEAS staff, and mission personnel.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • CSDP Partnerships, Partner Countries and Third States
    • Knowledge Management
    • Security Strategy
    29 January 2026

    Future-proofing Civilian CSDP in a Challenging Strategic Environment: Seven Questions for Debate
    This paper from SIPRI takes a critical look at the state of play for civilian CSDP as a whole and formulates seven questions ranging from the abstract level of prioritisation to the concrete level of recruitment and knowledge management.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Hybrid Threats
    • Security Strategy
    01 December 2025

    The European Union’s crisis management efforts: Evolution amid a shifting international order and the war in Ukraine
    This briefing paper by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs looks at the evolution of EU CSDP and finds that as capabilities and instruments have grown in number and versatility, the political focus of CSDP has narrowed from conflict prevention and democracy building to capability support for security agencies of partner states.
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    • Career Path Development
    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Women, Peace and Security
    01 October 2025

    Guidance on the Organisation of a Virtual Job Fair for CSDP Missions
    These guidelines produced by CivOpsHQ.3 provide concise instructions for organising online job fairs for potential secondees in civilian CSDP. The guidelines are written for mission Human Resources Officers but are also valuable to a broader audience, including national seconding agencies.
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    • Civilian CSDP - JHA Cooperation
    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    30 July 2025

    Civilian Operation Commander Operational Guidelines on Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption and Building Integrity
    These EEAS guidelines advocate for a preventative approach to corruption for civilian CSDP missions, focusing on building a culture of integrity and trust within public systems rather than a punitive approach. They highlight the need for situational assessments, development of codes of ethics, and public participation. They provide practical tools for integrating anti-corruption measures into both host country institutions and missions themselves.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    24 July 2025

    CSDP 101
    Three explainers by CoE providing elementary explanations of: what the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is, how civilian CSDP missions work, and a timeline of the history of civilian CSDP.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • CSDP Partnerships, Partner Countries and Third States
    • Knowledge Management
    • Security Strategy
    01 May 2025

    The Staying Power of Ukrainian Lights: Lessons of Wartime Resilience of the Electricity Sector
    This report examines how Ukraine has strengthened its wartime energy resilience through the dimensions of protection and recovery, cybersecurity, and strategic communication. It provides valuable lessons to how to address hybrid warfare, relevant to a variety of other civilian CSDP theatres.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • CSDP Partnerships, Partner Countries and Third States
    • Hybrid Threats
    01 April 2025

    Strengthening Resilience in the East – How the EU can empower countries against foreign interference
    The Eastern neighbourhood of the EU has become a primary target for Russian foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), particularly in the EU candidate countries of Georgia and Moldova. A new publication highlights the EU Partnership Mission in Moldova (EUPM Moldova) as an effective model for EU mission planners for designing flexible-mandate missions that can build resilience in host countries against hybrid threats.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Climate and Security
    01 February 2025

    CoE Factsheet: Environmental Advisors in CSDP Missions
    An overview of the roles of environmental advisors in CSDP and the benefits they provide to missions.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    13 January 2025

    With Georgian Dream in Power, What Next for EU Monitoring Mission?
    This op-ed by members of the policy team at ZIF (German Center for International Peace Operations) discusses the growing hostility of the governing Georgian Dream towards the EU, and how this may affect the operations of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM).
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