Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2014: 101-108
Common European Armed Forces: Reality, or Utopia?Reviewed - Review
The consequences of economic recession and their impact on national defence budgets can indeed heavily hamper the credibility of both NATO and the EU. A need for coping with budget restrictions and ongoing security crisis in the Ukraine re-opens the issue of common European armed forces as an effective tool for keeping security stability not only in Europe, but also around the world. However, the key issue is to what extent it is feasible to develop autonomous European armed forces operating independently of transatlantic allies, while there is a very strong NATO-EU interconnection in the area of military capability development.
Keywords: European armed forces, European Union (EU), North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Euro-Atlantic partnership, defence, planning, capability, pooling and sharing capacities and capabilities, smart defence, "Bottom Up" principle, "Top Down" principle, European Defence Agency (EDA), Lisbon Treaty.
Published: June 15, 2014 Show citation
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