Master’s thesis studies the functioning of the European Union in Central African Republic in the security field. As a security actor, the European Union has developed a distinct multidimensional approach to security, using a wide range of instruments. The master’s thesis focuses on the European Union’s response to the conflict in the Central African Republic and an outline of the instruments it uses. Namely, the European Union responded to the conflict in the Central African Republic with an integrated approach that contributes to security, peacebuilding, stabilisation, sustainable development, and socio-economic recovery. In doing so, it uses a variety of instruments, including financial and humanitarian assistance, restrictive measures, the establishment of military operation and three missions, political transition support, development assistance, stabilisation, and reconstruction support, etc. Through a case study of a military operation and three missions of the European Union in the Central African Republic, analysing the success of these according to the model of Annamrie Peen Rodt, we find that the primary interest of the European Union in the country is the reform of the security sector, where, combined with short-term contributions, it focuses mainly on long-term impacts. Even though the European Union’s approach positively contributed to the improvement of the security situation in the Central African Republic, in 2021 the government of the Central African Republic shifted its priorities to the short-term and unsustainable effects, provided by Russian mercenaries of a paramilitary organisation Wagner Group.
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