Abstract
By creating a new agency to focus on member states’ military capabilities, the European Union has taken a hand in what, for the US, is a most pressing issue: senior American officers and politicians have little confidence in Europe’s will to transform its armed forces and confront the global security threats as perceived by Washington. However, they will inevitably ask whether the new European Defence Agency (EDA), to be formally established in July 2004, will be a genuine instrument for fostering effective capabilities, or just another tentacle of the Brussels bureaucracy. The early signs are that the agency will be able to make a significant difference, albeit from modest beginnings.
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