„Strategiczny Kompas” Unii Europejskiej. Większe bezpieczeństwo i skuteczniejsza obrona UE – plan działań do 2030 r.

Abstract

A “STRATEGIC COMPASS” OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. STRENGTHENED SECURITY AND MORE EFFECTIVE DEFENSE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – THE PLAN OF ACTION UNTIL 2030

The article focuses on the analysis of A Strategic Compass for Security and Defence of European Union adopted on March 2022 with the perspective of its implementation over the next 5-10 years. The return of war in Europe due to Russia’s aggression against the sovereign Ukrainian state accelerated the start of an intense debate in the EU on building common military defense capabilities of the EU member states and strengthening the issue of defending its interests. The EU must develop it to act independently and must draw conclusions from recent crises by reducing “critical dependencies.” Can the Strategic Compass become a response to threats in the new constellation of forces in the international order and thus a real project for building its own strategic power projection in international relations? The expansion of military component of the implementation of security policy should achieve an equivalent level of intervention in relation to the economic and civilian activities implemented so far as a comprehensive EU approach to responding to external conflicts and crisis challenges of the modern world. Should the EU be a global military power? The EU’s four main priority activities within its “strategic compass” were analyzed in detail: acting, securing, investing, partnership with NATO and the UN and with the countries of the global South; the EU’s security in the context of China and Russia; the “Strategic Compass”; and the EU’s taking greater responsibility for its own security and defense on a regional and global scale.