Współpraca międzyinstytucjonalna UE–NATO – nowe ramy na rzecz wzmocnienia zdolności obronnych UE po roku 2012
EU–NATO inter-institutional cooperation – a new framework for strengthening the EU’s defense capabilities

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze the factors determining the state of relations between the European Union and NATO in the period 2012–2018. The issue presented in the article was based on the assumption that EU–NATO relations are characterized by significant dynamics leading to the transformation of existing cooperation ties. The principle of correlation, based on supplementing the potential tasks of both organizations, as well as the principle of asymmetry, resulting primarily from the American advantage in the North Atlantic Alliance, are modified. Growing threats to European security, being a consequence of the stabilization disorder in the region of the Eastern and Southern Neighborhood of the European Union, affect the strengthening of interdependence, and coincide with the process of changes in the internal structures of both organizations. Crisis response situations significantly increase the involvement of both strategic partners to strengthen existing links. Defining the determinants affecting mutual cooperation should be emphasized the existing dysfunctionality, which is based on political animosities regarding the role of both entities in the new European political order, as well as European limitations in the real possibilities of influence in the region.

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