Is there a security culture in the enlarged European Union

It would be an exaggeration to claim that questions of whether there is a European security culture in the enlarged EU or what its nature might be have become pressing. There has seemingly been no great support for a European Defence White Paper, for example, as suggested by the EU’s Institute of Security Studies in 2004.1 Nonetheless, the growing number of overseas operations and missions undertaken within the context of the EU’s Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), the burgeoning number of EU measures to counter terrorism, and the deepening commitments to meeting the demands of conflict prevention and crisis management, suggest a new seriousness about the EU’s role in security matters and thus the need for its acceptance and legitimacy.2 Increased activity has been met by a significant Europe Forum