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Working paper on implementation of EU crisis response in Mali
Written by
Morten Bøås
Research Professor
Bård Drange
Former employee
Eva Magdalena Stambøl
Former employee
Abdoul Wahab Cisse
Frida Kvamme
Ed.
Morten Bøås
Research Professor
Summary:
This paper offers a critical review of the EUTM and EUCAP in Mali, arguing that this is another example of international interventions that may be well-intended, but that end up producing very mixed results on the ground. One reason for this is the gaps between intentions and implementation and between implementation and local reception/perceptions. Whereas the first gap points to mismatches between EU policy intentions and what effect the implementation of these policies actually have (see for example Hill 1993), the latter gap reveals the inability of an international actor to both understand how key concepts such as ‘security sector reform’ and ‘border management’ are understood on the ground as well as translating its own policies and Brussels’ developed mandate into policies that makes sense for people on the ground (Cissé, Bøås, Kvamme and Dakouo 2017).
- Published year: 2018
- Full version: Download working paper
- Publisher: Freie Universitat Berlin
- Page count: 27
- Language: Engelsk
Written by
Morten Bøås
Research Professor
Bård Drange
Former employee
Eva Magdalena Stambøl
Former employee
Abdoul Wahab Cisse
Frida Kvamme