- Author:
Tomasz Gajewski
- Institution:
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
- Year of publication:
2022
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
127-148
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2022.76.07
- PDF:
apsp/76/apsp7607.pdf
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of digital technologies on the creation and final shape of the EU’s strategic autonomy. The author employed the network institutionalism as a theoretical basis and applied a critical analysis of the available material. The following hypothesis is positively verified: development of digital technologies is modifying strategic autonomy and extending it beyond the logic of freedom of political and military action. Digital resilience of core areas of EU’s functioning should be at the heart of this concept. The author argues that this model of strategic autonomy (enhanced by the close alliance with the United States) will enable the EU to strengthen its global position in technologically driven world. Less politicization is also a key reason for such a solution. It is particularly important in the context of the crisis of European integration.
- Author:
Piotr Śledź
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Warszawski
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-7491
- Year of publication:
2024
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
242-267
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2024.81.13
- PDF:
apsp/81/apsp8113.pdf
The evolution of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy under the influence of the European Commission – identifying a trend and assessing prospects for its continuance
Since the mid-2010s, the nature of EU’s CSDP has been constantly evolving – the significance of crisis management decreases, while the defence industry-related cooperation becomes increasingly intense. This is also manifested in the wider use of mechanisms inherent in “civilian” European integration – establishing of programs and funds in particular. The key driver of this change is arguably the active attitude of the European Commission, which has finally gained influence on the shape of the CSDP-related agenda through the instruments it has developed. This paper aims to characterize the key manifestations of this phenomenon and the broader logic behind (especially the determinants of such an evolution), and to analyze its significance for the EU’s “strategic autonomy” aspirations – opportunities for and potential constraints on making the cooperation within CSDP more dynamic.