Brothers without Arms: Explaining Iceland’s Participation in European Union CSDP Operations
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2014

A number of non-EU members – or third states – have chosen to participate in EU CSDP operations. This thesis seeks to answer why one of them, Iceland, has chosen to do so despite not being a member of the Union and not having any armed forces which are traditionally used in such activities. States have various motivations for participating in international crisis management operations and the same applies to the case of Iceland. The effects of the Cold War coming to an end and a completely trans