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Beschrijving
This doctoral research devoted entirely to the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) of the European Union aims to answer two fundamental questions: 1) Is PESCO, as designed, the right tool to meet the defence aspirations of the European Union, the Member States and the European defence industry; and 2) Is the European Union, thanks to PESCO, closer to achieving the longed-for "Strategic Autonomy"? The analysis of hundreds of written sources, the dozens of interviews conducted and the countless conversations held with various experts in the framework of events or informal talks have enabled the researcher not only to answer the hypotheses put forward, but also to determine the precise reasons why: 1) PESCO, as it has been designed, is not the right tool to satisfy the aspirations of the three actors involved in PESCO. That is, the European Union, the Member States, and the defence industry; and 2) the European Union is not, thanks to PESCO, any closer to achieving the desired "Strategic Autonomy".