THE TRANSATLANTIC LINK AND THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
THE TRANSATLANTIC LINK AND THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
Author(s): Nicu BEGANUContributor(s): Iulia NASTASIE (Translator)
Subject(s): Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: military capabilities; defence expenditure; NATO-EU relations; multilateral cooperation;
Summary/Abstract: Considering the increase in the difference between the US military capabilities and the ones of the European countries and the decline of European defence budgets, the European officials have pointed out many times the “soft” power and the instruments of EU member states to manage crisis situations as means meant to cover a wider range of commitments regarding the provision of the level of security sought in various regions on the globe. In this respect, some European officials have already noticed the danger represented by this fact and are not pleased with what they consider to be a tendency of the USA, namely to leave the “dirty businesses”, such as reconstruction and peacekeeping, to Europe, while the USA is in charge of only the highly technological military interventions that result in the rapid completion of the mission.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 87-94
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
