The Lisbon Treaty has – for the first time – explicitly enshrined, as oneof the objectives of the EU’s external action “to preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengthen international security, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter […]”1. This new development needs also to be seen against a wider picture of global instability where – according to the World Development Report 2011 on Conflict, Security and Development – approximately 1.5 billion people live in countries affected by repeated cycles of political and criminal violence. . . .
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