Abstract
<em>In the aftermath of the Second World War, European integration progressed rapidly. Despite economic performance, the European community is far from playing a major role in security and defense. The catalyst for a European defense policy is the war in Yugoslavia, which shows that Europeans are dependent on Americans. Thus, the EU has the CSDP and has conducted many military and civilian operations. Yet a new wave of academic studies, launched by proponents of American neorealism, argues that the EU is engaged in an attempt to “balance” the US by exploiting the CSDP. By studying European history in terms of security, we find that the balancing theory can not be justified.</em>
Highlights
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the European countries gradually integrate and acquire step by step capacities for action in the economic and commercial fields
A new wave of academic studies, launched by proponents of American neorealism, argues that the EU is engaged in an attempt to “balance” the US by exploiting the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP)
This remarkable development does not please some American neorealist theoreticians who argue that the EU is engaged in an attempt to balance the United States via the CSDP
Summary
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the European countries gradually integrate and acquire step by step capacities for action in the economic and commercial fields. The CSDP allows the European Union to carry out military or civilian crisis management operations around the world since 2003. Apparatus inherited from the Cold War into military forces with a broad spectrum of intervention These missions, which correspond to the founding values of the European Union, were incorporated into the Treaty on European Union (Article 17 of Title V) with the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and constituted the first area of action of the CSDP. They reflect the Union’s ambition to assert itself as a real actor on the international scene, by conducting operations aimed at promoting peace, security and human rights. This is another reason for the EU to further strengthen its capabilities and coherence
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