Resource mobilization in security partnerships: Explaining cooperation and coercion in the EU’s partnership with the African Union
Resource mobilization in security partnerships: Explaining cooperation and coercion in the EU’s partnership with the African Union
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安全伙伴关系中的资源调动：解释欧盟与非洲联盟伙伴关系中的合作与胁迫
作者：
Ueli Staeger
不平等伙伴之间的安全伙伴关系在互利合作与胁迫之间游走。这篇文章的理论资源提供安全的合作伙伴关系中，资助者实质性地支持受援国组织。具体而言，我开发的参数有关的安全伙伴关系的委托代理互动的效果，对受援国的机构通过机制的设置和能力建设。欧洲联盟（欧盟）与非洲联盟（Au）的和平与安全伙伴关系表明，在安全伙伴关系中，资源调动方面存在着有争议的政治，这些政治如何影响受援组织的秘书处。文章得出了相当乐观的结论，即欧盟是一个慷慨的伙伴，有着明确的合作目标。此外，欧盟内部的官僚主义障碍、Au对资源调动过程的战略排序以及伙伴关系的后殖民性使胁迫的机会最小化。然而，欧盟偶尔的强制行为导致了伙伴关系的相当紧张。这些发现与后殖民时代对Au资助的批评形成了鲜明对比：Au委员会行使着相当大的组织机构，这使得欧盟--尽管是一个大的支付者--沦为一个小角色，特别是在直接影响Au的时候。
Security partnerships between unequal partners walk a fine line between mutually beneficial cooperation and coercion. This article theorizes resource provision in security partnerships in which a funder substantively supports a recipient organization. Specifically, I develop an argument concerning the effect of principal–agent interactions in security partnerships on the recipient’s agency through mechanisms of agenda-setting and capacity-building. The European Union’s (EU) peace and security partnership with the African Union (AU) illustrates the contentious politics of resource mobilization in security partnerships, and how these politics affect the secretariat of the recipient organization. The article arrives at the rather optimistic conclusion that the EU is a generous partner with an explicit goal of cooperative engagement. Furthermore, opportunities for coercion are minimized by the EU’s internal bureaucratic obstacles, the AU’s strategic sequencing of the resource mobilization process, and the overarching post-coloniality of the partnership. However, occasional episodes of coercive EU behaviour have led to considerable tensions in the partnership. These findings add important contrast to postcolonial critiques of AU funding: the AU Commission exercises considerable organizational agency, which relegates the EU – despite being a large payer – to the role of a small player, particularly when it comes to directly influencing the AU.
不断变化的安全环境中的非洲机构：来源、机遇和挑战
DOI：
10.1080/14678802.2013.849470
发表时间：
2013
期刊：
Conflict, Security & Development
影响因子：
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作者：
Beswick D
通讯作者：
Beswick D