Europe’s Geopolitical Parameters

Ali L. Karaosmanoğlu

Chapter 13 in Turkey and Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition, 2001, pp 271-289 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Treaty of European Union (the Maastricht Treaty) of February 1992 states that one of the objectives of the EU is ‘to assert its identity on the international scene, in particular through the implementation of a common foreign and security policy which shall include the eventual framing of a common defence policy’. This provision points to a target far beyond the co-ordination and co-operation of national policies. The objective is the denationalisation of the foreign and security policies of the EU members1. Moreover, the aims of the European Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), as envisaged in the Maastricht Treaty, go beyond the traditional conception of foreign and security policy. They emphasise safeguarding the values and interests and strengthening the security of the EU, consolidating democracy, and maintaining respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Keywords: Security Policy; Eastern European Country; Maastricht Treaty; Security Interest; European Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-333-97800-9_13

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9780333978009

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-333-97800-9_13

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().