scholarly journals THE EUROPEAN UNION BATTLE GROUPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Dariusz Górniak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Defense Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Security

scholarly journals EU SECURITY & DEFENSE POLICY: THE EVOLUTION OF FORMATION

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Defense Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Security ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Common Security

The task of building an effective security architecture facing the European Union is extremely important in that the approach to its solution will determine the nature of the relations between the countries in the region in the future. An analysis of the processes of building a common security and defense policy (EUSR) of the EU is impossible without addressing the interrelated problems: security in the EU with the European Union's place in the Euro-Atlantic processes and in the world at large. The development of the SPBO has a significant impact on all countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, which explains the relevance of its further study by national science. Until the scientific and legal literature has addressed the issue of forming and developing a common security and defense policy in the EU. In many ways, this is explained by the relatively short period of existence of the ESDC as a phenomenon, with the result that, in most cases, the study focused on considering the formation, rather than the functioning, of the ESDC mechanisms designed to prepare the EU component for further work. First of all, we are referring to studies on various aspects of the history and current activities of the European Union. In addition, the authors analyze the common issues of European security: from the problems of building security models for Europe to issues related to the activities of European regional military-political organizations on the security and interaction of European and US countries in the field of the common security and defense policy of the EU. Other authors have considered some aspects in the process of becoming an EU Security Council. However, the existing work does not allow for a holistic picture of the process of forming and developing a common foreign and security policy of the EU, in turn, the continued development of a common foreign and security policy of the EU necessitates the development of new aspects of identified issues and generalizations. In this article, the author focuses on highlighting the main stages of the EUSF formation and its importance for the effective functioning of the EU as a whole. There are four main stages in the development of the common security and defense policy: the first stage (1992-1997) is the signing of the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties; the second stage (1998-2002), when the EU declared its intention to form an ESDP in Saint-Malo (1998), as well as the decisions taken at the Cologne, Helsinki, Nice, Lachen summits; the third stage (since 2003), the Berlin Plus agreement was reached (March 2003). The Council of Europe adopted the first European Security Strategy (December 2003); and the final stage began with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009. Within this framework, the European Union is trying to adequately respond to some of the new challenges that emerge in the process of globalization, shaping European identity.

scholarly journals Common Security and Defense Policy of the European Union Through the Prism of Polish Experiences and Security Interests

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-59
Author(s):  
Teresa Usewicz ◽  
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Kinga Torbicka ◽  
Magdalena Ghamari ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Defense Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Common Security

scholarly journals Brexit – Major Consequences on the Process of European Military Integration?

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 260-264
Author(s):  
Marius Pricopi
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Community Life ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Security

Abstract The United Kingdom’s choice to withdraw from the European Union (Brexit) took many by surprise, including a good part of the „Leave“ voters. The repercussions of this vote are in full display and affect each and every area of the community life. Considering different indicators (such as the number of troops deployed by the United Kingdom to military operations conducted by the European Union or the British contributions to the Battlegroups), in this paper we submit to analysis the United Kingdom’s stance in the process of military integration within the European Union in the period before the Brexit Referendum (2011-2015); we mainly argue that - although regrettable - Brexit will not significantly affect the day-to-day activities and projects conducted within the Common Security and Defence Policy.

scholarly journals The European Union as a Masculine Military Power: European Union Security and Defence Policy in ‘Times of Crisis’

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijn Hoijtink ◽  
Hanna L Muehlenhoff
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Military Power ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Union Security ◽  
Military Studies ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
European Union Member States ◽  
Common Security

Against the background of a sense of crisis in the European Union and in international politics, European Union Member States have since 2016 increased their cooperation within the Common Security and Defence Policy, for example, establishing the European Defence Fund. Scholars have long pointed out that the European Union lacks the necessary ‘hard’ military power to influence international politics, subscribing to and constituting an image of the European Union as not masculine enough. We are critical of these accounts and develop a different argument. First, building on insights from feminist security and critical military studies, we argue that the European Union is a military power constituted by multiple masculinities. We consider the European Union to be a masculine military power, not only because it uses and aims to develop military instruments, but also because of how militarism and military masculinities permeate discourses, practices and policies within Common Security and Defence Policy and the European Union more broadly. We argue, second, that the crisis narrative allows the European Union to strengthen Common Security and Defence Policy and exhibit more aggressive military masculinities based on combat, which exist alongside entrepreneurial and protector masculinities. These developments do not indicate a clear militarisation of Common Security and Defence Policy, but, rather, an advancement and normalisation of militarism and the militarised masculinities associated with it.

scholarly journals Reforma wspólnej polityki bezpieczeństwa i obrony Unii Europejskiej w latach 2016-2017

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (54) ◽  
pp. 45-64
Author(s):  
Janusz J. Węc
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
European Council ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Security

The Reform of the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union in 2016‑2017The subject of the article is the reform of the Common Security and Defence Policy in 2016‑2017 following the adoption of the new EU External Security Strategy by the European Council in June 2016. The first part of the article analyzes the European Union’s Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy. However, the second part of the article reconstructs the process of implementing the global strategy and describes the successes and failures of the reform.

Bieżące trendy wspólnej polityki bezpieczeństwa i obrony Unii Europejskiej

2014 ◽  
pp. 68-91
Author(s):  
Marek Brylonek
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
External Action ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Security ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
High Level ◽  
Common Security

In 1999, soon after the European Union member states had decided to establish the European Security and Defence Policy, the processes of appointing adequate tools for its accomplishment also started. Decisions were made to create organs and institutions and to elaborate appropriate procedures which would enable fast and precise decision-making of planning and conduct in the field of security and defence. Since that time the European Union and its Security and Defence Policy have evolved in many aspects and are still evolving. Security researchers currently attempt to provide the answer to an important problem: what are the trends characterising changes in the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union. The author, basing on research and own experiences of work in the politico-strategic planning structures of the European External Action Service, analyses current trends in the Common Security and Defence Policy, especially regarding the evolution of the Union’s organs and institutions, crisis management procedures, implementation of comprehensive approach and tendencies in the newly-deployed missions. This material is a result of extensive discussions and consultations conducted within a broad international and interinstitutional crisis management environment. It is based on interviews with high-level subject-related personnel and the listed bibliography

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