Ewolucja Wspólnej Polityki Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony UE pod wpływem działań Komisji Europejskiej – identyfikacja tendencji i ocena perspektyw jej trwałości
- 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.