Strengthening European Crisis Response Capabilities: French and British Initiatives
Strengthening European Crisis Response Capabilities: French and British Initiatives

Author(s): Wojciech Lorenz, Marcin Terlikowski
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Management and complex organizations
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: European Intervention Initiative; Joint Expeditionary Force; crisis response capabilities; military response; NATO; transatlantic relations;
Summary/Abstract: The European Intervention Initiative (E2I) proposed by France and UK-built Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) are the largest of the multinational projects aimed at strengthening European crisis response capabilities. Their goal is to shorten the time and increase the effectiveness of a military response in the framework of NATO, EU or coalitions of the willing to threats from different directions. Although JEF and E2I differ from each other, they can strengthen the political cohesion of NATO and the EU as well as transatlantic ties. Therefore, the impact on their development lies is in Poland’s interests.

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