The European Security and Defense Identity: A Challenge for NATO and the United States

• Main Author: Polli, Gert R.
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Government and Political Science; *NATO; *WESTERN SECURITY(INTERNATIONAL); *EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; FOREIGN POLICY; UNITED STATES; MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN); THESES; DEFENSE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; EU(EUROPEAN UNION); Malo; Pillar; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA390353; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA390353

The development of the EU's European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) since 1998 has strongly affected the EU-NATO relationship. Starting with the Franco-British bilateral declaration at Saint-Malo in December 1998, the EU recognized the need for autonomous military capacities for actions out...