ENHANCING EUROPEAN DEFENCE – EU’S WAY OF TACKLING MAJOR VULNERABILITIES?
ENHANCING EUROPEAN DEFENCE – EU’S WAY OF TACKLING MAJOR VULNERABILITIES?

Author(s): Cristina Bogzeanu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: CSDP; crisis; anti-EU populism; hybrid warfare;
Summary/Abstract: In the context of the successive overlapping crises and deepening vulnerabilities,one of the top priorities set at EU’s level is enhancing its security and defence dimension, namely CSDP. The effervescence of documents and measures undertaken in the last two years stand as aproof of the engagement of Brussels in this direction. The analysis of the present paper departs from the premise that EU experienced a similar tendency every time it faced a serious crisis with a strong impact on its security, and that most of the initiatives launched in those contexts were prone to vanishing when the crises deescalated and the consequences mitigated.This research paper approaches major vulnerabilities, which could threaten the success of the current EU initiatives in security and defence matters and, the main focus is on the political dimension. The reason for this is that, in the absence of the political will, there is no possible progress in CSDP, an inter-governmental area where states have always been reluctant in giving up sovereignty. Therefore, after a brief presentation of the progresses registered in CSDP area, the analysis turns towards the main political challenges, as well as to the external actions deepening those challenges and making it even more difficult for these initiatives to be successful.

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