Strengthening European security and defence: a truly demanding task for the European Union

Radoslav IVANČÍK[1]

https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2022.3.183-205

 

Abstract: In recent years, following significant changes in the security environment, a number of initiatives have been chained, both strategic and operational, aimed at extending European Security and Defence Policy to a level where the European Union can ensure effective and efficient security and defence for its citizens, and to their immediate surroundings. At the same time, cooperation between the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance has deepened in this context. Following the above, the author, using to the goal and the topic appropriate scientific methods in the framework of interdisciplinary scientific research, deals with the issue of European Common Security and Defence Policy, pointing out the significant progress that has been made in recent years in strengthening European security and defence. As a result, after years of words and promises from political representations much more than deeds, there is finally a time when there is a common consensus and the building of a higher level of European resilience, either in close cooperation with NATO or alone at EU level. In conclusion, the author emphasizes that in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, there is essentially no other way for the Union.

Keywords: European Union, security, defence, threats, challenges

JEL: F59, H56

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Submitted: 15. 6. 2022 | Accepted: 16. 8. 2022 | Published 15. 9. 2022

 

To cite this article (APA style):

Ivančík, R. (2022). Strengthening european security and defence: a truly demanding task for the European Union. Medzinárodné vzťahy – Slovak Journal of International Relations, 20(3), 183 – 205. https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2022.3.183-205

 

Publisher: University of Economics in Bratislava

ISSN online: 1339-2751

 

[1] doc. Ing. Radoslav Ivančík, PhD. et PhD., MBA, MSc., Academy of Police Force in Bratislava, Sklabinská 1, 835 17 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, e-mail: , orcid idhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2233-1014

 

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