List of figuresList of tablesNotes on contributorsAcknowledgementsList of abbreviations1 Introduction: controversies over gaps within EU crisis management policy2 Critical crisis transformation: a framework for understanding EU crisis response3 The potential and limits of EU crisis response4 The EU’s integrated approach to crisis response: learning from the UN, NATO and OSCE5 Securitisation of the EU approach to the Western Balkans: from conflict transformation to crisis management6 The paradoxes of EU crisis response in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali7 The effectiveness of EU crisis response in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali8 Dissecting the EU response to the ‘migration crisis’Index