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UID/CPO/04627/2013 ; This working paper argues on European Defense issues, considering a triple perspective: Past Legacy, Present Changes and Future Challenges. The first part looks at European defense from an historical perspective; from its European integration origins to the foundation of a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), reviewing its decade in existence. The second part analyzes the changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the most significant developments of a Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP): solidarity clauses, mission enlargement, European Defense Agency (EDA), news forms of cooperation, CSDP democratic control. Thirdly, this paper considers future challenges and concludes the need for new developments: at the institutional level, the strengthening of European defense parliamentary control through the creation of a CSDP inter parliamentary assembly and the EU´s external action inter and cross pillar coordination; at the capability level, the need to strengthen EDA and implement new cooperation mechanisms foreseen in the Lisbon Treaty; at the strategic level, the drive to clarify the EU´s international identity and define a new international strategy enabling the EU as a global security producer. ; publishersversion ; published

After listing the progress of European construction, in particular the emergence of a security & defence strategy, Portugal's Minister for Defence Nuno Severiano Teixeira sets out the priorities for his country's EU presidency -- CFSP/ESDP -- stressing that, to move forward, the EU must shoulder its responsibilities & develop its military dimension. Adapted from the source document.

UID/CPO/04627/2013 ; Le processus de démocratisation au Portugal a affecté la politique intérieure mais également la politique extérieure. Le Portugal démocratique définit non seulement un nouveau modèle de société et d'institutions politiques mais aussi un nouveau modèle d'insertion internationale du pays. L'objectif fondamental de cet article est de proposer une approche de la dimension internationale de la transitionet la consolidation de la démocratie au Portugal. Une première réflexion, dans une perspective delongue durée, aborde les modèles historiques d'insertion internationale du Portugal. Une deuxièmeré flexion aborde, la dimension internationale de la démocratisation portugaise entre 1974-1986. Finalement, la conclusion caractérise les lignes d'orientations stratégiques de la politique extérieure portugaise et, dans une perspective de continuité-changement, soutient que la démocratie introduit unnouveau modèle d'insertion internationale. The process of democratization in Portugal has affected its foreign policy as well as its domestic politics. Democratic Portugal has defined for itself not only a new model of society and political institutions, but also a new model for its participation in international affairs. The fundamental objective of this article is to formulate an approach to understanding the international dimension of the democratic transition and consolidation in Portugal. A first area of reflection, in the context of the longterm, considers historical models of the international role of Portugal. This is followed by consideration of the international dimension of democratization between 1974 and 1986. A final section presents the main strategic orientations of contemporary Portuguese foreign policy in the perspective of continuity and change, and concludes that democracy has indeed introduced a new model of participation in international affairs for Portugal. ; publishersversion ; published

UID/CPO/04627/2013 SFRH/BPD/75764/2011 ; This paper identifies the most important political turning points in the Atlantic history from the end of the 18th century until the present day. Based on a chronological approach, we have selected a series of historical events that affected the Atlantic area and changed its power relations in the last two centuries. With this analysis, we are able to identify the points of contact, interaction and differentiation between the various shores that bring together the Atlantic area, concluding that, despite some periods of greater detachment, the Atlantic may become a larger political, economic and security community. ; publishersversion ; published

UID/CPO/04627/2013 ; Driven primarily by political concerns to secure democracy, Portugal's accession to the EU in 1986 also served as a catalyst for dynamic economic development following a complex process of democratization and the decolonization of Europe's last empire. This book analyses how the European Union has helped shape the political process in Portugal on key institutions, elites, and its citizen's attitudes. ; publishersversion ; published