II - Evaluation of external missions and operations  2.1 From a diplomatic point of view.  The stakes involved in these military operations are enormous. Military operations form part of the international landscape, and an external operation is political before it is military. Failure would have spelled the end of the CSDP, and Europe would have had to abandon all international ambitions. By resorting to the use of force, it is employing tools that are usually re...Lire la suite