The Common EU Security and Defence Policy – a unique framework for cooperation in the field of security
The Common EU Security and Defence Policy – a unique framework for cooperation in the field of security

Author(s): Srđan Gligorijević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: ISAC - Centar za međunarodne i bezbednosne poslove
Keywords: European Union; Security and Defence Policy; international relations
Summary/Abstract: Without a doubt the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union represents a unique framework for security and defence cooperation, since it is based on a unique strategic culture, an amalgam that consists of European members of NATO, then of former Warsaw Pact members, and finally former non-aligned countries and current neutral countries. The Republic of Ireland, was the first neutral states to join the then EEC in 1973. Twenty one years later, the EU was joined by 3 other European neutral states Austria, Sweden and Finland. Two states that had belonged to the Non-Aligned Movement, Malta and Cyprus, joined the EU during the so-called “big bang” of the EU enlargement in 2004, while many authors consider that Slovenia, as a of the former part of Yugoslavia, can be also regarded as a non-aligned country.

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