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| As Attina argues, the European security partnership has been put many times to a test, but unfortunately, performance has not been always good. However, there are some positive records too, as the direct intervention of peacekeeping forces helped to restrain violence. The author underlines the fact that since the end of the 90s the European security partnership is under the challenge of the current worldwide in-security environment; and accordingly, the European governments’ preference for cooperative and comprehensive security has been tempered by the so-called “new discourse of threat and danger”. There was a clear need for upgrading of the European military preparedness in order to be in a better position to deal with the countries which are perceived to be aggressive and irrational like the Milosevic’s regime and those with the threats to global terrorism. As a consequence, we have witnessed the development of the ESDP for worldwide use as well as some enhancements in the Euro-Atlantic strategic preponderance as condition for international stability and peace.226
226 Attina Fulvio and Rossi Rosa – European Neighbourhood Policy: Political, Economic and Social Issues. The Jean Monnet Centre “Euro-med”, Department of Political Studies, University of Catania, 2004. pp.19-20 |
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The European security partnership has been put to a test in various occasions during the Nineties, namely in former Soviet states and the Balkans. Performance has not been always good, sometimes deceptive. However, the positive role of the security mechanisms cannot be denied in several cases in which the direct intervention of peacekeeping forces helped to restrain violence, and the programs of relief and rehabilitation helped to restore civilian conditions in countries ravaged by internal violence. [Seite 20] Since the last Nineties, the European security partnership is under the challenge of the current worldwide in-security environment (see, for example, Biscop, 2004). Accordingly, the European governments’ preference for cooperative and comprehensive security has been tempered by the so-called “new discourse of threat and danger” (Krause and Latham, 1999: 39). To cope with the problem of containing the policies of governments which are perceived as aggressive, irrational and unreceptive of the cooperative mechanisms (like the Milosevic’s regime), and the problem of dealing with the threats of global terrorism, the European governments have focused on the need for upgrading their countries’ military preparedness. This policy change has many aspects including the development of the ESDP for worldwide use and, in some cases, the enhancement of the Euro-Atlantic strategic preponderance as condition for international stability and peace. |
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