Nato and the European Union

By Gallis, Paul E.

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Title:	Nato and the European Union
Author:	Gallis, Paul E.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Summary: Since the end of the Cold War, both NATO and the European Union (EU) have evolved along with Europe’s changed strategic landscape. While NATO’s collective defense guarantee remains at the core of the alliance, members have also sought to redefine its mission as new security challenges have emerged on Europe’s periphery and beyond. At the same time, EU members have taken steps toward political integration with decisions to develop a common foreign policy and a defense arm to improve EU member states’ abilities to manage security crises, such as those that engulfed the Balkans in the 1990s.

Table of Contents
Contents Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 NATO’s Mission and Response to Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 U.S.-European Differences over Threat Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Capabilities and “Usability” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 “National Caveats” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Multinational Deployments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bosnia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Enlargement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 U.S. Leadership under Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A New Security Actor: The European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ESDP’s Progress to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 New Institutions and NATO-EU Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The EU’s Rapid Reaction Force and Capability Challenges . . . . . . . . 15 ESDP Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Future Shape of ESDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 European Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Boosting Planning Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Enhancing Rapid Response Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ESDP Post-September 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 U.S. Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 List of Tables Appendix: Membership in NATO and the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23