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European Security and Defence Policy - 10 years of plans, hopes, successes and disappointments
Hlaváčková, Kristina ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Karásek, Tomáš (referee)
European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), which creates security and defence dimension of the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union, is today one of the most dynamically developing European projects. During the ten years of its existence it has demonstrated its sense, vitality, the momentum of development, the ability to respond to current topics, issues and trends, created strong political and military structure and committed to develop its own military capabilities, established integrated strategy for security and defence and create framework for cooperation with NATO. ESDP was able to turn the initial theoretical considerations into political and military practice. EU has launched more than twenty military or civilian missions and gradually began to build a global position as a credible security actor. The entire decade of the ESDP, however, was not only about the venerable results. At the same time, it accompanied the unsuccessful efforts to find consensus among nearly three dozens of Member States, the lack of sufficient resources and skills to empower the real defence connected with military- technical dependence on NATO, the limited flexibility of the system of political decision-making and limits set by the actual nature of the European Union. The main objective of...
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Barriers and perspectives of collaboration between the EU and NATO
Mazal, Jakub ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Mlýnek, Miroslav (referee)
In 2008 the world economy fell into the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, which forced most of the European countries to extensive cuts inter alia on the defence spending. In spite of insufficient capacities and capabilities, Europe must deal with new security threats and challenges (e.g. terrorism, organised crime, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cyberthreats). Therefore, a possible solution provides close collaboration between the EU and NATO in the field of collective defence and security. The main reason represent 21 European countries, which are members of both organizations. Hence, this bachelor's thesis focuses on identification of barriers and prospective perspectives to improve this relation. Its structure composes of three main parts. The first part analyses strategic documents and aims of both organizations, preconditions for collaboration set down in the Berlin Plus agreements and reactions to the economic crises. The second chapter compares missions of both organizations and duplications in the field of practical collaboration. The last chapter is devoted to the conflict between Turkey, Cyprus and Greece together with other political and institutional barriers including their possible solutions, which might streamline the collaboration.
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