Opening in times of crisis? Examining NATO and the EU's support to security sector reform in post-Maidan Ukraine

2021/01/02 by Elyssa Shea, Marta Jaroszewicz · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Defense, Military, and Policy Studies #European Union Policy and Governance #Peacebuilding and International Security

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/21599165.2021.1878151

openalex publication_date 2021/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

Security sector reform has remained largely disconnected from the broader debate on societal transition in the literature thus far. We conceptualise how external support to security sector reform could potentially facilitate socio-political order opening in a limited access order. Based on two dimensions, we examine the case of NATO and EU's support to Ukraine's security sector reform between 2014 and 2019. NATO's support to the military and the EU's support to the police and state security service (SBU) appear unlikely to cause opening of the social order, while NATO's support to the military-industrial complex is more likely to cause opening.

Citations

• Ukraine between Russia and the European Union: Triangle Revisited

Discussions

• External sponsorship and drivers of reform come up a lot, like here in Ukraine, where Elyssa Shea and Marta Jaroszewicz compare EU support to police with NATO military support in Ukraine doi.org/10.10 [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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