The Routledge Handbook of European Security Law and Policy

The Handbook of European Security Law and Policy offers a holistic discussion of the contemporary challenges to the security of the European Union and emphasizes the complexity of dealing with these through legislation and policy.

Considering security from a human perspective, the book opens with a general introduction to the key issues in European Security Law and Policy before delving into three main areas. Institutions, policies and mechanisms used by Security, Defence Policy and Internal Affairs form the conceptual framework of the book; at the same time, an extensive analysis of the risks and challenges facing the EU, including threats to human rights and sustainability, as well as the European Union’s legal and political response to these challenges, is provided.

This Handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of European law, security law, EU law and interdisciplinary legal and political studies.

E. Conde is Professor of Public International Law in the Faculty of Law of the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; coordinator of the Jean Monnet Project "European Union and Security: Defense of Common Interests and Spaces" (reference number: 565277-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPJMO-PROJECT); main investigator on the project "The Arctic Race: Issues of International Law Arising in the Light of Climate Change" (reference number: DER2012–36026, 2013–2016); and a member of the project "International Drug Control: Problems and Solutions" (reference number: DER2016–74872-R, 2017–2019). She is also associate researcher at the Complutense Institute of International Relations (since 2015) and the Stefansson Arctic Institute (since 2016); Spanish delegate at the Human and Social Sciences Group of the International Arctic Scientific Committee (since 2012) and member of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (since 2012); board member of the Canada Foundation (since 2013); and a member of the Club of Rome (since 2013).

Zhaklin V. Yaneva received her PhD in Political Science and Administration and International Relations from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. She completed her Master’s Degree in International Law in 2014, specializing in Public International Law, at the Faculty of Law of the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations in 2013 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Sofia "San Clemente de Ojrid," Bulgaria. Her main research interests are related to the Arctic region; the Law of the Sea; the peaceful settlement of conflicts; and the history of international relations, among others.

Marzia Scopelliti is a PhD candidate in Law at the Complutense University of Madrid. She received her MSc Degree in International Relations from the University of Milan. She has held research positions at the Complutense University of Madrid, the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and the Kobe University, Japan. In 2019, she was a Blue Book trainee at the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission. She has contributed to collective works and academic journals with publications related to her research interests: International Environmental Law, Arctic Governance and Climate Change Law.