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(AVRUPA) ORTAK GÜVENLİK VE SAVUNMA POLİTİKASI
COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY

Author(s): Sait Yılmaz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Military policy, Political behavior, Social development, Sociology of Culture, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: NATO; European Union; Common Security and Defense Policy;

Summary/Abstract: Lisbon Agreement on Dec 1st, 2009 has remarked the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) of EU instead of European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). European Union has suffered from vital incapabilities in her defense structure although took part in some military operations in World wide such as peace keeping in Africa and police missions in Afghanistan. Hard power gap between EU and USA has drastically widen in recent decades. EU countries provided modest contributions into NATO operation in Afghanistan. EU makes much more effort to develop her soft power and aims transformations in near geographies. However, it is fact that EU system is bulky as witnessed in Arab movements. NATO and EU have to reconsider their defense policies in common understanding.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 22-35
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish