Europeanization and regional cooperation initiatives: Austria’s participation in the Salzburg Forum and in Central European Defence Cooperation

Authors

  • Patrick Müller Universtity of the Basque Country

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15203/ozp.1102.vol45iss2

Keywords:

Austria, Europeanization, EU foreign policy, regional cooperation, Salzburg Forum, Central European Defence Cooperation

Abstract

Multilateral cooperation schemes involving sub-sets of EU member states have proliferated over recent years. Yet, their implications for Europeanization research are little understood. Focusing on Austria’s participation in the Salzburg Forum and in Central European Defence Cooperation, this article explores the implications of regional cooperation for Europeanization dynamics in the domains of internal and external security policy. On the one hand, it argues that multilateral cooperation schemes can function as a platform for policy-uploading and identifies important conditions that facilitate or impede the success of projecting national preferences through multilateral initiatives (vertical Europeanization). On the other hand, the article argues that multilateral cooperation schemes have led to the emergence of a web of loosely linked collaborative network structures that can facilitate the horizontal exchange of experiences and lessons learned beyond the boundaries of individual multilateral schemes (horizontal Europeanization).

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Published

2016-08-27

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Special issue article

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