BEYONDSOVEREIGNTY

Beyond Sovereignty: Delegation and Agency in International Security

Coordinatore	THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD    more  Organization address address: University Offices, Wellington Square city: OXFORD postcode: OX1 2JD contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Gill Cognome: Well Email: send email Telefono: +44 1865 289800 Fax: +44 1865 289801
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	209˙033 €
EC contributo	209˙033 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-09-01   -   2014-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD  Organization address address: University Offices, Wellington Square city: OXFORD postcode: OX1 2JD contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Gill Cognome: Well Email: send email Telefono: +44 1865 289800 Fax: +44 1865 289801	UK (OXFORD)	coordinator	209˙033.40

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'QUESTION: The international bureaucracies of the United Nations, NATO and the European Union play a crucial role in the planning and conduct of military operations. I will investigate why sovereign states delegate such important functions in the field of security and under which conditions these bureaucracies exert agency.

INNOVATION: Using insights from international political economy, I innovatively expand the research domain on delegation/agency in international organisations to security issues. I will take a distinctive comparative approach looking at delegation/agency in the United Nations, NATO and the European Union.

METHOD: For these organisations, I will analyse instances of delegation and non-delegation in the post-Cold War period to understand the reasons why states delegate tasks. I will use case studies to get an insight into the conditions for agency during the agenda-setting, planning and conduct of military operations. In terms of data, the emphasis is on official documents and semi-structured interviews.

HOST UNIVERSITY: I will carry out the proposed research at Oxford University, which has strong expertise in delegation/agency theory and international organisations. Prof. Duncan Snidal is the scientist in charge. He is an internationally-recognized leading scholar in the study of international organisations.

OUTPUT: My project will result in a research monograph and an international peer-reviewed journal article.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

How and why sovereign states delegate important functions in the field of security is examined through an innovative comparative approach.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

It is known that international organisations such as the United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the EU have an active part in military operations. Commands are often given in dangerous environments.

The EU-funded 'Beyond sovereignty: Delegation and agency in international security' (BEYONDSOVEREIGNTY) project delved into the ways in which such international organisations create multinational military operations. Since military command and control are usually nationally based, a collective deployment of troops using international organisations requires major coordination.

Centralisation is one means of coping with this challenge, that is, by creating permanent secretariats in Brussels and New York to plan and conduct military missions. The project uncovered the politics of such multinational cooperation and how the secretariats have developed as well as their contribution to military mandates. Officials who have first-hand accounts of military interventions were interviewed.

Results of the work have been published in numerous academic journals and a monograph comparing the politics of multinational military force across international organisations. This will help policymakers in ground missions, national ministries and third parties like non-governmental organisations.