With her research Svenja Post offers an in-depth analysis of the implementation of the
Comprehensive Approach in international crisis management both on EU and on member state
national level. The author demonstrates in detail which steps have been taken on conceptual and
on structural level by the EU and its member states Great Britain Germany and Sweden to
organize and realize crisis management coherence. In addition to identifying challenges
involved actors are confronted with Svenja Post also points out a set of recommendations for
future efforts to close the gap between aspiration and reality of comprehensive European crisis
management.
