EU integration in the field of security and the Somalia civil war

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With the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the bipolar world, international organizations adopt different approaches to the new security challenges at the world order. EU has developed a uniquely comprehensive approach and established itself as a security actor. The establishment of CFSP and CSDP gradually made the EU an independent actor in world affairs. By harmonizing its institutions, cooperating with both national and international actors and coordinating civilian and military missions in the situation of crisis and conflicts, the EU has become a global security actor. One of the regions, where its security actorness is still ongoing is the Horn of Africa. This region hosts many radical Islamists, extremists, terrorists, pirates, and witnessed failed and corrupt governances. EU’s role in the region has been critical in terms of keeping international waters secure from pirates for the benefit of international trade and international aid and ceasing regional terrorist group, Al Shabaab, and international terrorist groups Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The increase in terrorism is not only a threat to the countries of the region, but also mark Europe. This thesis attempts to answer the question of whether the EU can be considered as a security actor at the Horn of Africa, specifically in Somalia, and how its comprehensive approach structures its civilian and military missions and operations. While the literature on the development of EU’s instruments, adoption of operations has assessed the EU’s security actorness over different approaches; this thesis puts forward the comprehensive approach of EU in the field of security in HoA and Somalia