European Strategic Autonomy - chances and challenges for Europe
Strategická autonomie EU - šnace a výzvy pro Evropu
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/121071Identifikátory
SIS: 203199
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [18207]
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Riegl, Martin
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
Mezinárodní ekonomická a politická studia
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra německých a rakouských studií
Datum obhajoby
15. 9. 2020
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Výborně
Klíčová slova (česky)
strategie, EU, SBOP, bezpečnost, obrana, zahraniční vztahyKlíčová slova (anglicky)
European Strategic Autonomy, Common Foreign and Security Policy, Permanent Structured Cooperation, European Security Council, Transatlantic Alliance, EU Global StrategyThe thesis explores the use of the term European Strategic Autonomy in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CFSP) of the European Union. The security environment around Europe has become increasingly unstable in the last 15 years. The EU Commission has tried to take account of the deteriorating geopolitical landscape by publishing an EU Global Strategy document in 2016 to share its vision for a stronger Europe. The document calls for strategic autonomy without properly defining it. Since then, many policy papers have captured the term and used it as a popular buzzword. Because it has not been properly defined on the political level, European Strategy Autonomy (ESA) was subject to speculations and national interpretations which did not help to advance the debate. Based on an extensive literature review the paper provides a comprehensive understanding by giving an historic overview and presenting different configurations of ESA in the contemporary context. A comparative case study, including France, Germany, and the Czech Republic has been conducted to assess their interpretation of the notion. The result of the case studies showed inherently different perceptions underlaid by different motivations and identifies the political layer to be the biggest challenge for moving forward with the topic....