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This article analyses why the proposal of launching Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) operation Sophia to fight against human trafficking and avoid further drowning in the Mediterranean Sea was adopted soon after the tragic event of the 19 April 2015 – when more than 700 people died in the sea in one night – and not before. Using an agenda-setting perspective, we argue that a key explanatory factor is the institutional turnover that took place at EU level in November 2014, especially the appointment of Mogherini as EU HR. This article applies the Multiple Streams Framework of Kingdon to analyse the factors that allow an issue to be put high on the agenda and proves the relevant impact of the appointment of Mogherini as EU HR on the decision to launch Sophia. It also uses the framework developed by Princen to identify strategies used by political actors for putting an issue on the EU agenda and shows that Mogherini successfully performed the strategy of 'claiming authority' for EU action.
This article sheds lights on the impact of the concern, political background and strong commitment of the EU HR in agenda-setting dynamics at EU level.
EU foreign and security policy, illegal migration, agenda-setting, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Eunavfor Med Operation Sophia

The present article argues that a strategic culture is rising at the moment within the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and provides empirical evidence of its emergence. This research thus applies an original and multilevel analytical framework to the CSDP, based on the operational level, related to the study of the European Union (EU) field interventions, on the top-down institutional level, focused on the analysis of institutional documents and CSDP exercises, and on the bottom-up institutional level, concentrated on the socialization process among the political actors involved in the CSDP in the framework of the Political and Security Committee, taken as a case study. The present article shows that elements of an emergent strategic culture within the CSDP can be found among those that are consistent to these three levels of analysis.
By using an innovative and structured research method backed up by empirical findings, this article aims at deepening the still restricted debate on the nature of the EU strategic culture.

The present article argues that a strategic culture is rising at the moment within the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and provides empirical evidence of its emergence. This research thus applies an original and multilevel analytical framework to the CSDP, based on the operational level, related to the study of the European Union (EU) field interventions, on the top-down institutional level, focused on the analysis of institutional documents and CSDP exercises, and on the bottom-up institutional level, concentrated on the socialization process among the political actors involved in the CSDP in the framework of the Political and Security Committee, taken as a case study. The present article shows that elements of an emergent strategic culture within the CSDP can be found among those that are consistent to these three levels of analysis. By using an innovative and structured research method backed up by empirical findings, this article aims at deepening the still restricted debate on the nature of the EU strategic culture. Adapted from the source document.

L'Union européenne (UE) importe aujourd'hui environ 50% de l'énergie qu'elle consomme. La sécurisation de l'approvisionnement énergétique est désormais à l'ordre du jour de son agenda sécuritaire. Face à ce défi, l'UE développe une approche intégrée qui se fonde d'une part sur des politiques internes, promouvant, entre autres, l'efficacité énergétique, les énergies renouvelables et le marché intérieur de l'énergie. Elle se base, d'autre part, sur des politiques extérieures, visant à diversifier l'approvisionnement énergétique et à créer un cadre réglementé dans les relations énergétiques extérieures de l'UE. L'article dresse ainsi un bilan de ces actions. Il montre également dans quelle mesure, face à cette menace non conventionnelle, l'UE agit comme un acteur sui generis, transposant sur la scène internationale son modèle fondé sur le dialogue, la coopération et l'interdépendance constructive.