European Security and Defense Initiative: Partner or Competitor?

Abstract

The European Security and Defense Initiative (ESDI) began to get a lot of press in December 1999 when the European Council announced that their 'Headline Goal' Rapid Reaction Force would be established by 2003. With the concept just over a year old, it is still too early to tell exactly how ESDI will mature and what form it will take. As presently conceived, ESDI is seen by the United States (U.S.) as a partnering initiative rather than a competitive one. As it develops, though, it is useful to have some measures to help evaluate the future direction being taken, either continuing toward partnership or diverging toward competition. Three criteria-indivisibility, improvement, and inclusiveness-are useful tools to evaluate that future direction. Based upon such evaluation, then, U.S. policy makers can make appropriate decisions regarding support for ESDI or policies to shape it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA391138

Entities

People

  • Dorothea M. Cypher-erickson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

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  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Crisis Management
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • European Union
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Capabilities
  • Nato
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Systems Analysis and Design