Wspólna Polityka Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony: PESCO i EDF, czyli wreszcie przełom?
Common Security and Defence Policy: PESCO and EDF, or: Is it finally a breakthrough?

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the evolution and functioning of Common Security and Defence Policy of the EU in 2017. First, the authors present the conditions of the cooperation within CSDP, including the relevance of transatlantic relations and their transformation after Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, and of subregional and bilateral structures of defence cooperation (NORDEFCO, V4, Lancaster House Treaty). The article focuses on the process of establishment of the PESCO initiative and the analysis of its nature, characteristics, and the potential consequences of its launching in December 2017. The question of the European Defence Fund (EDF), also initiated in 2017, as well as the role of the European Commission in the cooperation in the EU in security and defence matters are also discussed. In addition, operational activities of the EU (CSDP) are reviewed, with special focus on the inauguration of the standing planning cell among EU military staff for planning and executing CSDP military missions, as well as the establishment of the CSDP advisory mission in Iraq.

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