The NATO-EU Relations (original) (raw)
Related papers
Unstrategic Partners: NATO's Relations with the European Union
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of EU-NATO relations and assesses the cooperative progress as well as the rivalrious tensions between both organizations at the individual, organizational, member-state and inter-organizational levels. The main argument of the article is that the EU has benefited from NATO's input as a Model and Mentor in the early years of the ESDP, but has recently tried to differentiate and autonomize itself in international security politics. What is desperately needed, amidst all technical agreements and deadlocks at the member state level, is a comprehensive 'strategic grand bargain' that allows both organizations to effectively tackle future security challenges in a mutually reinforcing manner.
Facing War: Rethinking Europe's Security and Defence, 2022
This chapter provides an overview of why and how NATO and the EU should strengthen their institutional partnership -- in the pursuit of greater synergy. Neither the bilateralisation of European security relations, nor the pursuit of farfetched ideas of 'strategic autonomy' can secure Europe under the current international conditions.
EU – NATO Relations : Enhanced Cooperation Amidst Increased Uncertainty
2020
Since 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been the main framework for European security based on the principle of collective defence.1 Despite occasional tensions between some of the European NATO members and US President Donald Trump in recent years, the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and NATO has been deepened with unprecedented speed and scope on an institutional level, which has an overall stabilizing effect on the transatlantic relationship. Under the Trump administration, the USA has increased contributions to the Alliance, proving that European members have not lost their importance to Washington.
Prospects of the EU-NATO Security Relationship
EU-NATO Security Relations in Light of the Treat of Lisbon and NATO Operation in Libya (MA thesis: Introduction), 2022
Literature Review Literature revolving around the NATO-CSDP relationship, and attempting to analyze its evolution after the Lisbon Treaty, is so abundant and full of nuances. To come up with clear-cut, unequivocal and undisputed trajectories for this relationship, as such, is by no means an easy task. That said, however, three broad trends, representing three trajectories for the said relationship, could be discerned in the reviewed literature. These trajectories are: stagnation, disintegration, and consolidation.
The EU and NATO : a Strange Marriage
2017
CERPESC 17/E/04/2017 - 09 January 2017 ; This analysis, beyond giving an outline of the historical, legal, and political frameworks of EU-NATO relations, is to draft by some examples that behind the scenes which fault lines make internal cooperation difficult, with a strong emphasis on French opinions, as a key state of European integration. With the reintegration of France and the considerable military decline of Europe, there are few left that could question the role of NATO in Europe. With BREXIT, the creation of a powerful and projectable European army will be much more difficult. Over the past three years, the range of subjects discussed between NATO and the EU has expanded considerably. Since the crisis in Ukraine, both organisations have regularly exchanged views on their decisions, especially with regard to Russia, and consultations have covered the Western Balkans, Libya, and the Middle East. -- Absolute 2nd "best seller" on my Academia.edu site. In the top 2% on Academia.edu!
Strengthen EU/NATO relationship: a necessity, now more than ever
Research Social Change, 2022
This study aims to analyse the evolution of the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in the recent decades, particularly with the implementation of the EU's Common Security and defence Policy (CSDP). This study also aims to improve knowledge of the trends of different approaches in the EU about this relationship. Strengthening the cooperation in the field of security and defence is vital for the EU, considering the implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the current hostile international environment, with increasing geopolitical competition between the great powers.
An Ever Closer Alliance?: Transforming the EU-NATO Partnership
The External Relations of the European Union Edited by Pascaline Winand, Andrea Benvenuti, Max Guderzo © 2015 Presses Interuniveritaires Européennes–Peter Lang An Ever Closer Alliance?: Transforming the EU-NATO Partnership Remy Davison Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics Department of Politics & International Relations School of Social Sciences Monash University Rémy Davison completes this framework of analysis centred on the United States and its relations with Western Europe by proposing a well-structured approach in eight steps to the gradual transformation of the EU-NATO partnership since the end of the Cold War. The chapter looks at the way in which NATO belied most predictions and academic analy- ses in the 1990s by successfully setting in motion its own transformation from its previous role as a deterrent force to an “out-of-area” offensive military force. The author rightly identifies the first Gulf War as the start- ing point of this metamorphosis and the intervention in the Bosnian war as its full demonstration, through air strikes on Serbian forces and the subsequent peace-keeping role played by the alliance. Emphasizing the logical connection between those developments and the development of the Military Concept introduced at the 2002 Prague Summit, the chapter also explores the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States and its impli- cations for EU-NATO relations. Substantial sections of the essay are devoted to the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the Partnership Action Plans on Terrorism and the major challenges identified (and faced) by NATO in the period under review. The author also analyses the main ele- ments of collaboration and competition in the EU-NATO relationship, and interprets the roots of transatlantic divergence on specific issues. In this context, Davison not only mentions the American tolerance towards EU attempts to define its own security and defence policies, but also refers to Washington’s fundamental scepticism about the EU’s real readiness to offer front-line contributions in an independent or joint capacity. These remarks, which may go a long way to explaining why the US has been building ad hoc constellations of power within and without NATO for the last two decades, once again remind us of the complex dynamics of transatlantic relations, as well as of the EU’s tardiness in taking responsible roles in international affairs.
Ten Years in NATO and EU: Interdependence or Dependence
“Ten Years in the Euro-Atlantic Community: Riga Conference Papers 2014” is a collection of analytical articles compliled by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) for The Riga Conference 2014. The authors of this publication bring diverse approaches, diverse views, and problems when debating current economic, political, and military security aspects in the Baltic States, in the European Union (EU), or even from a global perspective. While touching upon the 10 year anniversary of the EU/NATO enlargement that embraced the Baltic States and most Central and Eastern European countries the authors are looking at the challenges from the point of view of the 2014 Ukrainian-Russian conflict and the future of the Eastern Partnership, from a geopolitical perspective of Central Asian countries, including historical, the political economy, smart defence, and energy security, as well as the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union points of view.
THE TRIANGULAR NEXUS OF EU-NATO, US-RUSSIAN AND, NATO- RUSSIA RELATIONS
To what extent the Russian revival would change & impact the patterns of the Russian-US and the EU-Russian relations in particular and whether this can affect the contemporary roller coaster changes in transatlantic discourse especially in the context of President Trump’s call for NATO as an “obsolete security arrangement.” Although the historical importance of NATO can never be undermined but there is nevertheless a wake- up call within the European quarters to be vigilant of the new American tilt off towards NATO.