Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11994
EUROPEAN SECURITY REALITIES AND THE INFLUENCE OF COLD WAR INSTITUTIONS
In: European security: ES, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 238-250
ISSN: 0966-2839
NATIONAL SECURITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF THE STATES WHICH MAKE UP THE EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM. THIS WAS SO BEFORE THE COLD WAR, DURING THE COLD WAR, AND CONTINUES TO BE SO TODAY. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE LIMITS OF INFLUENCE OF NATO, MANY EUROPES, AND THE SECURITY MARKET PLACE. IT OBSERVES THAT A VERY CHALLENGING, COMPLEX, AND FAST CHANGING EUROPEAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PRESENTS ITSELF.