Co-operative System of European Security E-Book

Heiko Bubholz

• Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2002

Beschreibung

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 1,0 (A), Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Centre for European Studies), course: European Security at the turn to the 21st century, language: English, abstract: The process of European integration makes significant and visibly progress. Only few months ago a considerable number of European citizen decided enthusiastically to adapt the new € currency, while the procedure and negotiation towards the eastward enlargement of the Community produces predominantly positive news. At latest with the Council Meeting of Laeken it had been concluded that a major step of the enlargement – and thus an unprecedented step in Europe’s history – might be accomplished in 2004 [1]. Nonetheless, the events of two recent wars on the Balkans (Bosnia and Kosovo) and the consciousness of Europe’s inability to cope with these local conflicts prevails still in the collective memory of most of European political and military leaders. After the end of the Cold War the today’s security scenario is lacking the – to certain extent healthy – superpower polarity of the good old days that often served to impose tense order in a confrontational world. Intra-failed-state and regional conflicts are now joining with local instability and insurgencies, which may define the most likely forms of upcoming armed conflicts in Europe or its near periphery[2]. Thus, aim of this paper shall be to elaborate a feasible and predictable scenario of European future security policy and its accompanying means. To the purpose of this discussion it deems necessary first to identify where Europe is, or where it ends, and what should be considered indispensable for a European security model. Correspondingly, there are already a number of international organizations in existence, which solely may already provide sufficient security to what is considered of Europe’s interest. Part of this paper shall be the evaluation if these existing institutions. This should allow for some recommendations, which ought to be the last part of this discussion. [...]

Leseprobe

Table of Content

Chapter

2.2 The Periphery.

2.3 United States and Europe’s security.

2.4 Europe’s relationship to Russia

3.1.2 The evolution of the Atlantic Alliance.

3.2 Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

3.3 United Nations (UN)

3.4 Council of Europe (CoE)

3.5.2 ESDP and EU Military Structure.

5. Conclusion and Outlook

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Co-operative system of European Security

A Model or a temporary State of Being?

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CFSP Common Foreign Security Policy CoE Council of Europe EC European Community/Communities ECHO European Community Humanitarian Office ESDP European Security and Defence Policy EU European Union EUMC European Union Military Committee EUMS European Union Military Staff IPTF International Police Task Force (in Bosnia and Herzegovina) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe PSC Political and Security Committee TEU Treaty on the European Union TEC Treaty establishing the European Community UN United Nations WEU West European Union

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The process of European integration makes significant and visibly progress. Only few months ago a considerable number of European citizen decided enthusiastically to adapt the new € currency, while the procedure and negotiation towards the eastward enlargement of the Community produces predominantly positive news. At latest with the Council Meeting of Laeken it had been concluded that a major step of the enlargement -and thus an unprecedented step in Europe’s history - might be accomplished in 20041. Nonetheless, the events of two recent wars on the Balkans (Bosnia and Kosovo) and the consciousness of Europe’s inability to cope with these local conflicts prevails still in the collective memory of most of European political and military leaders. After the end of the Cold War the today’s security scenario is lacking the - to certain extent healthysuperpower polarityof the good old daysthat often served to impose tense order in a confrontational world. Intra-failed-state and regional conflicts are now joining with l ocal instability and insurgencies, which may define the most likely forms of upcoming armed conflicts in Europe or its near periphery2.

Thus, aim of this paper shall be to elaborate a feasible and predictable scenario of European future security policy and its accompanying means. To the purpose of this discussion it deems necessary first to identify where Europe is, or where it ends, and what should be considered indispensable for a European security model. Correspondingly, there are already a number of international organizations in existence, which solely may already provide sufficient security to what is considered of Europe’s interest. Part of this paper shall be the evaluation if these existing institutions. This should allow for some recommendations, which ought to be the last part of this discussion.

Though probably contradicting the thinking of some Eurocrats, Europe is far more than the European Union it its today’s shape or even after its enlargement. On the other side, the elaboration of this issue should not necessarily touch historical considerations or cultural concerns3. To put it in the words of BARTOSZEWSKI: ‘The question for the geographical borders of Europe shall rather be answered by a philosopher’4.

1European Council (2001).

2Clark (2000), p. 16.

3Halecki (1957).

4Bartoszewski (2002), p. 860.