[PDF] Top 20 Missile Defence and European Security. ESF Working Paper No. 1, 1 May 2001

... a missile topped with a nuclear, chemical or biological warhead, then is not some defence, however imperfect, better than none? Just because it was clearly impossible to defend the United States against a ... See full document

... latter may believe their new weapons will deter intervention by outside ...Tehran may calculate that a foreign invasion to counter what may be perceived as Shia imperialism becomes less and less ... See full document

... The Union and its member states alike have repeatedly pointed out that the fight against terrorism should not be viewed as a “clash of civilizations,” or as one pitting Christianity against Islam. Much like the current ... See full document

... flat defence budgets; restrictions on the pooling of capabilities are essentially the result of the Member States´ desire to retain sovereignty in this area, entrenched defence portfolios and vested ... See full document

... and security under Saddam Hussein results from the ongoing adjustment of US strategy as a consequence of the attacks of 11 September ...national security strategy for the needed elaboration of an ... See full document

... a European, as opposed to a Eurasian, identity is an ongoing process whose end result is not yet ...a European choice, but that concrete results will be ...of European civilisation, and it is as yet ... See full document

... special security arrangements have been negotiated with non-American subsidiaries in the United ...transatlantic defence industry cooperation has been less forward leaning than in the prior ... See full document

... international security presence with substantial North Atlantic Treaty Organization participation must be deployed under unified command and control and authorized to establish a safe environment for all people in ... See full document

... Cela donne à la figure de l’ennemi potentiel un spectre très large allant de la destruction des régimes d’Afghanistan et d’Irak, à la mise sous pression de la monarchie d’Arabie Saoudite et aux velléités de ... See full document

... Eastern European security dilemma stems not so much from energy disputes as from the conflicting visions of the mode of political and social development of these countries and the entire ... See full document

... of European proposals, which, although they differ in their details, have one thing in common: they aim at restarting a political ...of security considerations (a recipe for inaction in my view because calm ... See full document

... and security assurances to that country can be, simultaneously or later, strengthened by the revival of the agreement between the two Koreas of a non-nuclear-weapon status of the Korean Peninsula, and assurances ... See full document

... EU defence capabilities, both in the US and Europe, are concerned that it will presage the divergence of US and European military ...its defence policy and money on meeting the Helsinki Headline ... See full document

... Today the Lisbon Treaty on the one hand retains the normal procedure for financing of CSDP, and on the other hand guarantees rapid access to the Union budget for preparatory activities for the tasks mentioned in ... See full document

... to security-of-supply ...liberalisation, security-of-supply policy predominantly consisted of government-initiated diplomatic (and sometimes military) actions to ensure physical supply, with limited ... See full document

... the European security architecture is vital, but the security-dominated basis of Turkey’s perceptions of its relations with Europe impacts not only on the way Turkey values itself, but also on the ... See full document

... agreements may come to a conclusion in the next few months, but will face implementation obstacles in the US, given Congressional resistance to any ITAR ...leading European arms ... See full document

... short paper, in listing all the drastic changes that President Bush has imposed in US military and political ...NATO may become problematical: whatever the Europeans decide to do, it could appear more and ... See full document

... we may know that the world is being transformed, but we do not know what the world is being transformed ...a European of 1618 to predict the content of the Treaties of Westphalia closing the Thirty Years ... See full document

... NATO remains vital for this partnership even without the Soviet threat. Primarily because it is the only formal political link across the Atlantic, and secondly because of its continued military role. Politically the ... See full document