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Growing Apart Together? Brexit and the Dynamics of Differentiated Disintegration in Security and Defense

  • Brexit initially raised the prospect of new forms of external differentiation in the European Union (EU), should the United Kingdom continue to participate in a number of the Union’s policy areas. Security and defence was one area where agreement on the terms of UK participation was more likely, given the clear interests of both sides in the development of a close partnership in this area. But agreement has been so difficult to reach, and the final Brexit deal makes no mention of collaboration in foreign, security and defence policy. We argue that the key to understanding this puzzle lies in understanding the politics of differentiated disintegration, of which Brexit is the prime example, and the distinction between strategic and political interests. While strategic interests constitute a driver for external differentiation, the political interests arising from the withdrawal process make it difficult to reach an agreement. Divorcing strategic cooperation from the short-term politics of negotiations is the first step to overcoming the stalemate, and this chapter presents several ways this can be achieved. By perceiving Brexit as a case of differentiated disintegration, this chapter accounts for the significant constraints associated with external differentiation as a mode of integration in the EU.

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Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Author(s):Benjamin Martill, Monika Sus
Editor(s):Benjamin Leruth, Stefan Gänzle, Jarle Trondal
Parent Title (English):The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union
Publisher:Routledge
Place of Publisher:London
Publication year:2022
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:696
Last Page:711
Related URL:https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Differentiation-in-the-European-Union/Leruth-Ganzle-Trondal/p/book/9780367149659
DOI:https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429054136-47
ISBN:9780429054136
Release Date:2023/11/22
Tag:Brexit; Defence; Differentiation; Disintegration
Hertie School Research:Centre for International Security
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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