The EU's common security and defence policy in facing new security challenges and its impact on cyber defence

Abstract

The chapter focuses on the perspective of emerging liberal democratic security communities in the post-Cold War European security environment. Does EU's emerging security community complement NATO or makes it weaker? The focus on a European Army, independent from NATO, seems recently become a priority for the EU, but it faces numerous challenges as how to deal with the neutral member states, how the relations will be with NATO, also with Russia, does Europe really needs an army and why. The impact of Brexit on the future CSDP development will be analyzed as well. Specifically, the chapter focuses how EU's Common Security and Defence Policy is prepared in standing against new security challenges, especially cyber threats, which influence to the future CSDP developments will be discussed as well. In order to successfully oppose new security challenges, the European Union has to build up its cyber capacity compatible with other major powers.