{"id":29813,"date":"2016-12-06T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T00:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=29813"},"modified":"2016-12-06T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:15:54","slug":"strategic-autonomy-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/strategic-autonomy-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic autonomy\u00a0for the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the face of an\u00a0increasingly contested\u00a0international order,\u00a0the European Union is strengthening its security and defence capacities.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0June,\u00a0the\u00a028\u00a0Leaders of the European Union\u00a0welcomed the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy<\/a><\/em> that was presented by Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.<\/p>\n

The Strategy, released straight after the British referendum, calls\u00a0for a\u00a0stronger Europe\u00a0to\u00a0act as a security provider\u00a0in a more contested\u00a0global scenario.<\/p>\n

Over the last four months\u00a0the\u00a0focus has been\u00a0on implementing\u00a0the\u00a0Strategy\u2019s security and defence\u00a0plan, which is based on three elements.<\/p>\n

The first is\u00a0defining a \u2018comprehensive level of ambition’. The\u00a0EU Foreign and Defence Ministers agreed last November<\/a> to\u00a0enable\u00a0the EU\u00a0to respond more comprehensively, rapidly and decisively to\u00a0external conflicts and crises;\u00a0to\u00a0enhance\u00a0the security and defence capacities of our partners; and\u00a0to\u00a0strengthen\u00a0the EU’s capacity to protect European citizens, working in an integrated manner on our internal and external security.<\/p>\n

The second\u00a0element is to strengthen the EU\u2013NATO strategic partnership.\u00a0At the\u00a0NATO Warsaw Summit\u00a0in\u00a0July the\u00a0EU Presidents of the Council and Commission and the Secretary General of NATO signed\u00a0a joint declaration<\/a> to give new impetus to\u00a0the\u00a015-year old\u00a0partnership.\u00a0High Representative\u00a0Mogherini\u00a0and NATO Secretary\u00a0General Stoltenberg will present 40\u00a0proposals\u00a0to deepen EU-NATO cooperation in seven areas,\u00a0including countering hybrid threats, maritime security, cyber security and interoperable defence capabilities development .<\/p>\n

The third\u00a0element is to\u00a0support the industrial basis for\u00a0European Defence. The\u00a0European Commission adopted on November 30 the European Defence Action Plan (EDAP). It will support\u00a0defence research, unlock EU tools to invest into\u00a0the whole European Defence supply\u00a0chain, make\u00a0a\u00a0proposal for a European Defence Fund<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0improve the Single Market for defence.<\/p>\n

The 28 Heads of State and Government\u00a0will discuss\u00a0this political, security and industrial package\u00a0at the European Council\u00a0in December\u00a0in Brussels.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0doesn\u2019t entail the creation of an \u2018EU Army\u2019 (nor does\u00a0NATO\u00a0have its own forces), nor imply\u00a0a military alliance,\u00a0which\u00a0is a task for NATO and its members.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0package will\u00a0emerge at a critical moment and spur a new\u00a0strategic momentum to\u00a0guarantee the security of EU Member States and citizens and promote peace globally.<\/p>\n

With the international rules-based order under challenge,\u00a0the EU must\u00a0develop its current and future security and defence capability, and\u00a0enhance its\u00a0strategic autonomy and\u00a0ability to cooperate with its close partners. As the\u00a0Global Strategy<\/em>\u00a0underlines there\u2019s a direct connection between European prosperity and Asian security. In light of Asia\u2019s economic importance to the EU (and vice versa), peace and stability in Asia are crucial\u00a0for\u00a0EU\u00a0prosperity.<\/p>\n

The Strategy<\/em> calls for developing a \u2018more politically rounded approach to Asia,\u2019 one that seeks to make greater practical contributions to all aspects of Asian security, from continuing to support the reconciliation process in Afghanistan and promoting non-proliferation in the Korean peninsula, to upholding freedom of navigation and promoting human rights and democratic transitions such as in Myanmar\/Burma. We will continue to work with our partners on the basis of respect for rule of law, both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n

The EU and Australia already cooperate closely on foreign and security issues including through regular meetings at the Foreign Minister level and bilateral dialogues on security, counterterrorism, Asia and migration policy. In 2015 the EU and Australia signed a Crisis Management Agreement<\/a> to enable Australia to take part in EU operations, like the EUCAP Nestor operation in Horn of Africa, one of the 16 civil and military crisis management operations currently deployed by the EU globally. The EU Australia Framework Agreement, now fully negotiated and ready to sign, formalises further the areas for cooperation on foreign and security matters, including human rights, rule of law, crisis management, WMD, ICC, counterterrorism, and cyberspace.<\/p>\n

Progress towards EU strategic autonomy should be a welcome development for our close partners, including Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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