DEFENCE POLICIES IN EUROPE: A HISTORICAL APPRAISAL
DEFENCE POLICIES IN EUROPE: A HISTORICAL APPRAISAL

Author(s): GILLES GRIN
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Governance
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: European Union; Common Security and Defence Policy; NATO; international system; history;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to provide a long-term historical perspective on the development of defence policies in Europe. It first presents the Westphalian system that structured inter-state relations from the end of the Thirty Years' War (1648) to the end of the Second World War (1945). The Cold War period is then presented. This is followed by the post-Cold War period, the turning point in 2007-2008, the war in Ukraine and the American shift. This allows us to present the beginnings of a European response and to draw some conclusions.

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