Why European security depends on getting its democratic house in order (Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings)

The 2003 European Security Strategy (ESS) was a political landmark and a remarkably prescient document. The current preparation of an EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy (EUGS) led by HR/VP Federica Mogherini is an opportunity to rectify one glaring omission: the document altogether ignored the nexus between the liberal, open order it wished to promote on a global scale, and the state of governance in Europe.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/02/16-state-of-governance-europe-stelzenmueller